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Verner's law by Karl Verner in 1875 describes a historical sound change in the Proto-Germanic language whereby voiceless fricatives *f, *þ, *s, *h, *hʷ following an unstressed syllable became the voiced fricatives *β, *ð, *z, *ɣ, *ɣ



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Verner’s LawKarl Verner discovered that the variable Indo-Germanic accent was responsible for the hitherto unaccountable voicing of the Germanic voiceless open consonants.  This discovery has been formulated into a law which has been named after him as Verner’s Law.Verner’s Law satisfactorily explains “the apparent exceptions to Grimm” Law.  Grimm had stated that Indo-Germanic voiceless stop sounds (p, t, k) become voiceless open consonants (f, o, h) in Germanic, in positions other than initial.  Bu these sounds are sometimes seen to be voiced in Germanic.Stop Consonants:Consonant sounds produced by the sudden release of air that have been held back (e.g.) p, b, k, g,f, d,; plosive

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