Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

rẹkx
[ˈqχɛcçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

Affrication of palatal stops.

naus
[ˈnaβuh]
‘endonym’

w > β

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

rẹkx
[ˈkxɛcçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

fronting of dorsals before front vowels.

naus
[ˈnaβux]
‘endonym’

[h] > [x]

[foxcatdog]

rẹkx
[ˈxɛçiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

Deaffrication

naus
[ˈjɔβux]
‘endonym’

*na > *jɔ

[Travis B.]

*na > *jɔ

As an unconditioned change I have to say "wut??!".

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

hehis
[ˈxɛxis]
‘conspicuous consumption’

depalatalization.

yovuc
[ˈɥɔβux]
‘endonym’

rounding of semivowels before round vowels.

[Travis B.]

hehis
[ˈkɛxis]
‘conspicuous consumption’

Hardening of initial [x].

yovuc
[ˈwɔβux]
‘endonym’

[ɥ] > [w]

[Man in Space]

hehis
[kɛɛs]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Resolution of *Exi sequences

yovuc
[wɔux]
‘endonym’

Dissimilation

[foxcatdog]

hehis
[kiɛa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*ɛɛs > *iɛa

yovuc
[fɔux]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

*w > > *f #_

[Travis B.]

hehis
[ˈkiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

iɛa > iːʝa

yovuc
[pʰɔux]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

f > pʰ

[foxcatdog]

kiija/b]
[ˈɬiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*k > *ɬ before front vowels

fox
[pʰɔukʰ]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

*x > *kʰ

[Travis B.]

kiija
[ˈɕiːʝa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

ɬ > ɕ

fox
[pʰɑukʰ]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

ɔu > ɑu

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

kiija
[ˈɕiːʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

ʝ > ʒ

fox
[pfɑukx]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

aspiration > affrication

[Travis B.]

kiija
[ˈɕiːdʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

ʒ > dʒ

fox
[pfɑuʔkx]
‘archaic term for the progenitors of the modern city state’

Coda plosives gain preglottalization.

[Man in Space]

kiija
[ˈjiːdʒa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Lenition of initial prevocalic fricatives

fox
[pfəuʔkx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

Partial diphthongal height assimilation

[Travis B.]

kiija
[ˈjiːtʃa]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Devoicing of voiced sibilants

fox
[ɸəuʔkx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

pf > ɸ

[Man in Space]

kiija
[ˈjiːtʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Loss of short vowels in open syllables following a long vowel

fox
[ɸəuʔx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

*-kx > -x

[foxcatdog]

kiija
[ˈjœitʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*i: breaks

fox
[ɸəuʔh]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

*ʔx > *ʔh

[þeprussianfrog]

kiija
[ˈjœiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*fricatisation of tʃ

fox
[əuʔh]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

*ɸ is dropped

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

kiija
[ˈjɨʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

œi > ɨ

fox
[əuħ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

ʔh > ħ

[foxcatdog]

kiija
[ˈjuʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

ɨ > *u

fox
[jo:ħ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

əu > jo: #_