English Dictionary

Cowgill's law

name

(Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.

Cowgill's law is a principle in Indo-European studies.

意味（1）

(Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a former /o/ vowel in Proto-Greek becomes /u/ between a resonant (/r/, /l/, /m/, /n/) and a labial consonant (including labiovelars), in either order.

意味（2）

(Indo-European studies) A law of sound change, stating that a Proto-Indo-European laryngeal /h₃/, and possibly /h₂/, turns into /k/ when directly preceded by a sonorant and followed by /w/.