Verner alternation
English
Etymology
From Verner's law, itself named after 19th century Danish linguist Karl Verner.
Noun
Verner alternation (countable and uncountable, plural Verner alternations)
- (Indo-European studies) The alternation between consonants in different forms of a word stem in the Germanic languages, as a result of Verner's law.
Translations
Alternation between consonants in the Germanic languages
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