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Verner's law: Meaning and Definition of
Ver'ner's law'
Pronunciation: [key]
— Ling. Ling.
- the statement by K. Verner of a regularity behind some apparent exceptions in the Germanic languages to Grimm's law, namely, that Proto-Germanic voiceless fricatives became voiced when between voiced sounds if the immediately preceding vowel was not accented in Proto-Indo-European.
