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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Gavin Richardson, post: 2658664, member: 83956&quot;]Another reason why it might be inadequate to explain Grimm&#039;s law sound changes by means of the principle of least effort is that the non-Germanic Indo-European forms survive just fine. We still have a cardiac and heart. Dental and tooth. Paternal and father. Podiatrist and foot. Fraternal and brother. If Grimm&#039;s law were a function of the principle of least effort, you might expect these non-Germanic Indo-European forms to fade away. But obviously they don&#039;t. For language geeks enjoying this sort of thing, I will post my Grimm&#039;s law worksheet when I get back to my materials. It&#039;s a fun little puzzle you can work to generate the Law. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know we are pretty far afield from coinage; sorry for this linguistic digression. But not that sorry. The more comfortable we are with language and linguistics, I think the better we can understand ancient coinage, through Grimm&#039;s Law may not be especially relevant, I&#039;ll admit[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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