Indo-European ablaut

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In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut (/ˈæblaʊt/ AB-lowt, from German Ablaut pronounced [ˈaplaʊt]) is a system of apophony (regular vowel variations) in the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE).

An example of ablaut in English is the strong verb sing, sang, sung and its related noun song, a paradigm inherited directly from the Proto-Indo-European stage of the language. Traces of ablaut are found in all modern Indo-European languages, though its prevalence varies greatly.^[1]^[2]

^ Fortson, §4.12.
^ Beekes, §12.2.1.

[1] Fortson, §4.12.

[2] Beekes, §12.2.1.

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Indo-European ablaut

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