Ablaut in Hindi
Meaning, Devanagari spelling and pronunciation
The meaning of “ablaut” in Hindi is अपश्रुति, pronounced apashruti — it is a noun. Copy the Devanagari word above, hear how it is pronounced, and use it anywhere. To type words like this yourself, try our Hindi typing tool, or explore more words in the vocabulary sets.
a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Old High German ab
Middle High German ab
German ab
German ab-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós
Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz
Proto-West Germanic *hlūd
Old High German lūt
Middle High German lūt
German Laut
German Ablautbor.
English ablaut
Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”).
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Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
Proto-Indo-European *-o
Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó
Proto-Germanic *ab
Old High German ab
Middle High German ab
German ab
German ab-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *ḱlutós
Proto-Germanic *hlūdaz
Proto-West Germanic *hlūd
Old High German lūt
Middle High German lūt
German Laut
German Ablautbor.
English ablaut
Borrowed from German Ablaut (“sound gradation”), which is from ab- or ab (“down, off”), + Laut (“sound”). Ab is used here in the sense of “deviating, varying” as in Abgott (“god other than the true God”), Abart (“different sort, variety, anomality”).
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