Category:Verner's law

Ver"ner's law. (philol.)

Defn: a statement, propounded by the danish philologist karl verner In 1875, which explains certain apparent exceptions to grimm's law by The original position of the accent. Primitive indo-european k, t, p, Became first in teutonic h, th, f, and appear without further change In old teutonic, if the accent rested on the preceding syllable; but These sounds became voiced and produced g, d, b, if the accent was Originally on a different syllable. Similarly s either remained Unchanged, or it became z and later r. Example: skt. sapta (accent on Ultima), gr. 'e`pta, gothic sibun (seven). Examples in english are Dead by the side of death, to rise and to rear.