Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

Umlaut

[ˈpœːjt͡ʃɔ]
pahkë
“bird”

[kodé]

ˈVːG —> ˈVGV / _C

[ˈpœjit͡ʃɔ]
pahkë
“songbird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Collapse of [VjV] sequences into [Vː]

[ˈpeːt͡ʃɔ]
pahcë
“songbird”

[Travis B.]

Breaking of [eː] into [ai] before postalveolars.

[ˈpait͡ʃɔ]
pahcë
“songbird”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication:

[ˈpaiʃɔ]
pahcë
“songbird"

[Otto Kretschmer]

[ai]>[e]

[ˈpeʃɔ]
pesho
“songbird"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Rounded vowel affection:

[ˈpøʃɔ]
peohce
“songbird"

[Otto Kretschmer]

Final vowel turns into a schwa as a consequence of a strong initial accent

[ˈpøʃə]
peohce
“songbird"

[Man in Space]

Vowel affectation due to terminal schwa, which drops

[ˈpɞ̯øʃ]
peohce
“songbird; signal flag"

[Travis B.]

Coda sibilants > [h]

[ˈpɞ̯øh]
peohce
“songbird; signal flag"

[Sol717]

[p] > [ɸ]:

[ˈɸɞ̯øh]
peohce
“songbird; signal flag"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Epinthesis of [ɨ] after coda [h]

[ˈɸɞ̯øhɨ]
peohce
“songbird; signal flag"

[Travis B.]

Fortition of [h] to [χ]

[ˈɸɞ̯øχɨ]
peohce
“songbird; signal flag"

[Sol717]

Unrounding of front/central rounded vowels:

[ˈɸɜ̯eχɨ]
peohce
“signal flag"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɜ̯] > [r]

[ˈɸreχɨ]
peohce
“signal flag"

[Sol717]

[ɸ χ] > [h]:

[ˈhrehɨ]
frehï
“signal flag"

New word:

[ˈtiməʀaq]
timëřaḳ
“tin"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɨ] fronts through affection with [e]:

[ˈhrehi]
frehi
“signal flag"

Loss of schwa with epinthesis of [b] between [m] and a resonant:

[ˈtimbʀaq]
timbřaḳ
“tin"

[Sol717]

Initial consonant clusters are broken up by an epenthetic copy vowel:

[heˈrehi]
frehi
“signal flag"

Affrication of coronals before high vowels:

[ˈtsimbʀaq]
timbřaḳ
“tin"

[Man in Space]

Offglide ejected by final high vowels

[heˈrehiç]
frehi
‘signal flag’

Trill > affricate

[ˈtsimbɢʁaq]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[r] > [ɾ]

[heˈɾehiç]
frehi
‘signal flag’

PIE Consonant Shift:

[ˈtsimbgʁak]
timbřaḳ
‘tin, small metal container’