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Osthoff's law

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Osthoff's law is an Indo-European sound law which states that long vowels shorten when followed by a resonant (Proto-Indo-European language (PIE) *m, *n, *l, *r, *y, *w), followed in turn by another consonant (i.e. in a closed syllable environment). It is named after German Indo-Europeanist Hermann Osthoff, who first formulated it.


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Llei d'Osthoff Catalan Ley de Osthoff Spanish Loi d'Osthoff French Lei de Osthoff GL Legge di Osthoff Italian Закон Остгофа Russian

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