Word of the Day for Thursday, December 11, 2008
ablaut \ABH-lout\, noun:
the systematic substitution of one root vowel sound for another in different inflectional forms or derivatives of a word, as in ring, rang, rung
I see an ablaut (as in sing sang sung) in the B.O.'s future where one of his cronies starts singing like a bird about trying to sell his Senate seat!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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by 1849, from German Ablaut, literally, "off-sound," from ab "off" + Laut "sound, tone," from Old High German hlut. It was popularized by Jacob Grimm.
1 comment:
It's a stretch but I still like it.
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