consonant shift
noun Linguistics.
a set of changes that take place in the articulation of one or more consonant phonemes between an earlier and a later stage of a language.
Compare
first consonant shift,
second consonant shift.
Origin of consonant shift
First recorded in 1885–90
Words nearby consonant shift
consols,
consolute,
consommé,
consonance,
consonant,
consonant shift,
consonant system,
consonantal,
consonantal alliteration,
consonantalize,
consonantism