#germanumlaut

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Day 23/100: The Umlaut. Nominally two dots above specific vowels in German, the word "umlaut" comes from one of the Brothers Grimm... Jacob Grimm was not only a collector of fairy tales (along with his brother Wilhelm), but also one of the most famous linguists ever. In 1819 he described a sound-change process that affected the historical development of German. He called it umlaut from um (around) + laut (sound). Technically, "umlaut" doesn't refer to the dots, but to the process where, historically, a vowel got pulled into a different position because of influence from another, upcoming vowel. Quite a lot going on for two tiny dots! [Navy blue buttons on laminate flooring] #100daysofthepunctuationproject #100days #the100dayproject #gm100dayproject #thepunctuationproject #punctuation #punctuationproject #punctuationmarks #umlaut #theumlaut #germanumlaut #germanpunctuation #germanicpunctuation #dots #buttons #brothersgrimm #jacobgrimm #language #germanlanguage #linguistics