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What (who) is ablaut - definition
GRAMMATICAL CHANGE OF VOWELS IN INDO-EUROPEAN LANGUAGES
Ablaut; Zero grade; Proto-Indo-European ablaut; PIE ablaut; Indo-European vowel gradation; Ablaut grades; Lengthened grade; Indo-European Ablaut
Ablaut
·noun The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang, hung.
ablaut
['abla?t]
¦ noun alternation in the vowels of related word forms, especially in Germanic strong verbs (e.g. in sing, sang, sung).
Origin
C19: from Ger., from ab 'off' + Laut 'sound'.
Indo-European ablaut
In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut (, from German Ablaut ) is a system of apophony (regular vowel variations) in the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE).
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Indo-European ablaut
In linguistics, the Indo-European ablaut (, 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.
