zero-grade

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Definition von zero-grade im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

In Proto-Indo-European linguistics, a term used to describe an ablaut form of a root characterized by the absence of the basic ablauting vowel phonemes */e/ and */o/

*bʰr̥- is the zero-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- meaning ‘to carry, bear’.