1st Germanic sound shift
From: Michael
Message: 25376
Date: 2003-08-27
Why is the 1st Germanic sound shift so essential in defining Germanic as distinct from proto-Germanic? Couldn't it just be thought of as one stage in the development of Germanic rather than marking the distinction between the newly emerged Germanic from proto-Germanic? Is the consonant shift the only feature to distinguish the two?
-Michael
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