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Eichner's law
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English
Eichner's law
Etymology
Named after the German linguist who proposed it, Heiner Eichner de (1942–2024).
Proper noun
en Indo-European studies A proposed sound law to explain cases of apparent non-coloring of a Proto-Indo-European long *ē vowel by an adjacent *h₂ in descendant languages.
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