Word evolution game

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Disaffrication
[ɕeːɲ]
cêgne
"chestnut"

[foxcatdog]

*e > *æ before a nasal
[ɕæːɲ]
caegn
"chestnut"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[æː] > [æi]
[ɕæiɲ]
chaigne
"chestnut"

Let's have a new word:

[wráːdz]
"root, radish"

[Travis B.]

[wr] > [vr]

[vráːdz]
"root, radish"

[Man in Space]

Vowel shift for high-tone vowels

[vrɨːdz]
wrádz
‘root, radish’

[Travis B.]

Coda consonants devoice, while cheshirizing themselves with high tone for codas that had been voiceless and low tone for codas that had been voiced.

[vrɨ̀ːts]
wrádz
‘root, radish’

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɨː] > [ɛɨ]

[vrɛ̀ɨ̀t͡s]
wrèiz
"root, radish"

[Man in Space]

*Pr > linguolabial

[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀t͡s]
wrèiz
"root, radish"

[foxcatdog]

*ts > *t

[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀t]
wrèiz
"root, radish"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Coda stops receive an epinthetic [ɨ]

[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀.tɨ]
wrèiti
"root, radish"

[foxcatdog]

Metaphony

[r̼èɨ̀ɛ̀.tɨ]
wrèiti
"root, radish"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Intervocallic [ɨ] > [j]

[r̼è.jɛ̀.tɨ]
wreieti
"root, radish"

[Travis B.]

People decide that linguolabials aren't worth the hassle.

[βè.jɛ̀.tɨ]
wreieti
"root, radish"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Pitch accent shift:

[βè.jɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"

[Travis B.]

Onset [j] > [ʑ]

[βè.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"

[foxcatdog]

[áˑ.ɸa.lin]
apalin
"seal" (the animal)

[Travis B.]

The word that was there still had plenty of life in it! While you typically don't modify words you modified immediately previously, I am going to do just that here to keep it alive:

[β] > [v]

[vè.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"

Intervocalic fricatives voice.

[áˑ.βa.lin]
apalin
"seal" (the animal)

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[e] > [jɛ]

[vjɛ̀.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
viežéty
"root, radish"
i-mutation:

[ɛ́ˑ.βɛ.lin]
ävälin
"seal" (the animal)

[foxcatdog]

Rhoticisation

[vjɛ̀.rɛ́.tɨ̀]
vieréty
"root, radish"

Vowel breaking

[*íɛ́.βɛ.lin]
ävälin
"seal" (the animal)

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ɨ] > [i]

[vjɛ̀.rɛ́.tì]
vieréti
"root, radish"

i-affection:

[ié.βe.lin]
ievelin
"seal" (the animal)