Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eichner's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eich-n-er's law
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A proposed sound law to explain cases of apparent non-coloring of a Proto-Indo-European long *ē vowel by an adjacent *h₂ in descendant languages.

Etymology

Named after the German linguist who proposed it, Heiner Eichner (1942–2024).

Questions

What does eichner's law mean?: A proposed sound law to explain cases of apparent non-coloring of a Proto-Indo-European long *ē vowel by an adjacent *h₂ in descendant languages.
Where does eichner's law come from?: Named after the German linguist who proposed it, Heiner Eichner (1942–2024).

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