See Also: Grimm's Law(dictionary)
Grimm(dictionary)
Brothers Grimm(dictionary)
Grimm, Jacob (Ludwig Carl) and Wilhelm (Carl)(encyclopedia)

Grimm's Law (iou)



Grimm's Law noun phr. M19.
[Jacob Grimm (1785-1863), German philologist.]
A set of rules specifying regular differences in the consonants of related words in different Indo-European languages, primarily accounting for the separation of the Germanic languages from other Indo-European languages.