thorn cluster
In linguistics, 'thorn cluster' refers to specific consonant sequences in Proto-Indo-European languages, significant for their historical phonological transformations.
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Definition
C2Proto-Indo-European Linguistics
(technical, academic)A consonant sequence in Proto-Indo-European languages ending with a dental fricative sound, historically symbolized as þ.
Example
- Scholars study thorn clusters to understand sound changes in Indo-European languages.
C2Historical Linguistics
(technical, academic)Reconstructed consonant sequences in modern scholarship that replaced original sequences ending in the dental fricative sound.
Example
- Modern reconstructions of thorn clusters no longer contain the original dental fricative.
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