KnowraGrimm's lawLinked fromLinked fromThe 25 pages that link to Grimm's law, each with the reason it gives.All 25Broader topic 9Related 12Compared with 4Indo-European languagesBroader topic: It is a clear example of a sound change defining one branch.Sound changeBroader topic: It is a classic example of a systematic historical shift affecting a consonant system.Language changeBroader topic: It is a classic example of a systematic sound shift used to establish language history.Jacob GrimmBroader topic: Jacob formulated this account of consonant change as a central result of comparative Germanic philology.Indo-European linguisticsBroader topic: It is a classic demonstration of systematic change within one Indo-European branch.Indo-European sound lawsBroader topic: It demonstrates how a conditioned series of consonant changes can define a branch.Proto-Indo-European phonologyBroader topic: Its patterned changes expose contrasts in the reconstructed stop system.Sound correspondenceBroader topic: It is a landmark demonstration that consonants correspond systematically across related languages.Phonological changeBroader topic: It exemplifies a connected series of historical sound changes affecting consonant classes.