Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

Continuing the earlier one since it didn't get enough replies
f > v
[véːtlʷoʃ]

uj > i
['ɑs̪ɒlɔːfj‿'idje̞bjɒs̪s̪ʊn]

[Travis B.]

[v] > [w]

[wéːtlʷoʃ]

i-mutation before [i], [j] in a following syllable.

['ɑs̪ɒlœːfj‿'idje̞bjɒs̪s̪ʊn]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Absorption of [j] palatalises the preceding consonant

['ɑs̪ɒlœːç‿'iʑe̞ɥɒs̪s̪ʊn]

[Travis B.]

[ç] > [h]

['ɑs̪ɒlœːh‿'iʑe̞ɥɒs̪s̪ʊn]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[e̞ɥɒ] collapses to [yː]

['ɑs̪ɒlœːh‿'iʑyːs̪s̪ʊn]

[Otto Kretschmer]

[ʒak ʀəˈne ʃiˈʀak]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ə] > [a]

[ʒak ʀaˈne ʃiˈʀak]

[Emily]

stress shift with weakening of unstressed vowels

[ʒək ˈʀanɨ ˈʃiʀək]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Voiceless consonants become aspirated:

[ʒəkʰ ˈʀanɨ ˈʃʰiʀəkʰ]

[CreativityTheEmotion]

Uvular fricative gets devoiced:

[ʒəkʰ ˈχanɨ ˈʃʰiχəkʰ]

[Man in Space]

Aspiration offloaded onto following vowels, reflected as voicelessness

[ʒək ˈχanɨ ˈʃi̥χək]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Schwas [ə ɨ] coloured by environment:

[ʒik ˈχane ˈʃi̥χak]

[Man in Space]

Initial-syllable high vowels delete if voiceless and diphthongize otherwise

[ʒe̯ak ˈχane ʃχak]

[foxcatdog]

Initial-syllable high vowels delete if voiceless and diphthongize otherwise

[ʒe̯ak ˈχane ʃχak]

Back fricatives and final *k become *h

[ʒe̯ah ˈhane ʃhah]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ʒe̯a] > [ʑjæː]

[ʑjæːh ˈhane ʃhah]

[Travis B.]

[h] > 0

[ʑjæː ˈane ʃa]

[Emily]

unstressed vowel deleted before stressed vowel

[ˈʑjane ʃa]

[Rounin Ryuuji]

We've lost so much of this person's poor name.

Vowels mutate based on the following vowel:

[ˈʑjæne ʃa]

[Man in Space]

We've lost so much of this person's poor name.

Well, since French basically did the same thing on the way down from Latin, it's kind of appropriate.

Postvocalic nasals become nasalization:

[ˈʑjæ̃e ʃa]

[Travis B.]

[jæ̃e] > [ẽː]

[ˈʑẽː ʃa]