Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grassmann's law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
grass-man-n's law
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Questions

What does grassmann's law mean?
A dissimilatory phonological process in Ancient Greek and Sanskrit, according to which an aspirated consonant loses its aspiration if it is followed by another aspirated consonant in the next syllable.
Where does grassmann's law come from?
Named after German linguist Hermann Grassmann (1809–1877).

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