| 词汇 | grimm-s law |
| 词源 | Grimm’s Law. The brothers Grimm are not only noted for their collected fairy tales, which are known worldwide. Both Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) and William Grimm (1786–1859) were respected philologists. Jacob was one of the great found- ers of comparative philology, interested mainly in the relation- ship between the various Germanic languages. He also invented the umlaut. |
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