Grammatischer Wechsel

As a grammatical change (To AltGr γράμμα gramma, Script, Letter '; . Literally " letters change" ) refers to a described by Verner's Law consonants change that occurs in etymologically related words as well as within certain inflectional paradigms.

Occurrence and incidence

The grammatical change occurs basically in all Germanic languages ​​, but it has been greatly balanced differently in the individual languages ​​by analogy. Lag in Indo-European the main sound of a word after Stammauslautkonsonanten, then these were of / p / / t / / k / / s / to / b / / d / / g / / z /.

Already in the handed down to us old Germanic language levels, the law is only lexicalized encountered, and it is early - depending on the language and dialect in varying degrees - mined in favor intra- paradigmatic regular consonance.

Examples from the NHG:

Examples from the Middle High German:

Similar phenomena are also available in other languages ​​, such as Finnish ( " step change ").

Overview of the consonant change in the Old Germanic Languages

To: Schaffner (2001: 65).