*
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Translingual
Symbol
* (Name: asterisk)
- (linguistics) used before a word, and sometimes the name of a language, to show that is only hypothesized, and not attested.
- It is speculated that *sneigwh- is the genitor of both Latin nix and English snow.
- (linguistics) used before a sentence or phrase to show that is grammatically incorrect.