Word evolution game

[Travis B.]

[xbd] > [d]

['dɑ o'ði]

[Man in Space]

*b > v with voicing assimilation

['xbdɑ o'ði] > [ɣvdɑ oˈði]

Ignore the above, I misread the thread.

[Rounin Ryuuji]

(Pretending the above two happened in reverse order, which works.)

High German Consonant shift:

['tɑ o'di]

[Man in Space]

Across word boundaries, ɑ + a vowel become a mid-low vowel of the appropriate place of articulation:

['tɑ o'di] > [t‿ɔˈdi]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[d] > [dʑ] before front vowels

[t‿ɔˈdʑi]

[Man in Space]

Umlaut

[t‿ɔˈdʑi] > [t‿œˈdʑi]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Vowels lengthen in open stressed syllables.

[t‿ɔˈdʑi] > [t‿œˈdʑiː]

[vegfarandi]

Affricates become long fricatives

/tɑ‿oˈʑːiː/ > [tœˈʑːiː]

[Otto Kretschmer]

['wɪljɑhelmɑz 'hɑrjɑwɑldɑzsʊnʊz]

Stress becomes final. Final stress impacts phonological evolution later on

[wɪljɑhel'mɑz hɑrjɑwɑldɑzsʊ'nʊz]

[Travis B.]

Hey, can we reduce our words to single syllables or, better yet, single phones before moving on?

[Travis B.]

[ʑː] > [j:]

[tœˈʑːiː] > [tœˈjːiː]

[foxcatdog]

Frankly seems pointless seing the end result if we just reduce it into nothing everytime. Also would be helpful if we put the initial word next to the end result.

[wɪljɑmel'mɑz mɑrjɑwɑldɑzsʊ'nʊz]

h > ŋ > m

[Travis B.]

[z] > [r]

[wɪljɑmel'mɑr mɑrjɑwɑldɑrsʊ'nʊr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɑwɑ] > [ɑː]

[wɪljɑmel'mɑr mɑrjɑːldɑrsʊ'nʊr]

[foxcatdog]

[ɑwɑ] > [ɑː]

[wɪljɑmel'mɑr mɑrjɑːldɑrsʊ'nʊr]

Initial *ɪ or *i umlauts the following syllables

[wɪljæmjol'mær mɑrjɑːldɑrsʊ'nʊr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Glides are absorbed into the following vowel, influencing its quality

[ylemøl'mær mɑreːldɑrsʊ'nʊr]

[vegfarandi]

Unstressed vowels lose length before consonant clusters.
Primary stressed and secondary stressed (antidachtylic) in open syllables gain length.

[yːlemølˈmær mɑreldɑrsʊˈnʊr]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Terminal [r] > [ɐ]

[yːlemølˈmæ͜ɐ mɑreldɑ͜ɐsʊˈnʊ͜ɐ]

[Travis B.]

[ɐ] > [ː]

[yːlemølˈmæː mɑreldɑːsʊˈnʊː]

[vegfarandi]

[l] > [ɪ̯] before before consonants.

[yːlemøɪ̯ˈmæː mɑredɑːsʊˈnʊː]