ablaut

Meanings

Noun

  • The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.

Verb

  • To undergo a change of vowel.
  • To cause to change a vowel.

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Origin

  • Borrowed from , which is from ab- or ab, + Laut. Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott, Abart.

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