In his Deutsche Grammatik (1819–37; “Germanic Grammar”) Jacob Grimm formulated Grimm’s law, a notable contribution to the study of Indo-European languages and linguistics. Also known as the first sound shift, Grimm’s law pointed out prominent correlations among consonants in genetically related languages—in particular, between the Germanic and other Indo-European languages of Europe and western Asia.
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