Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

*p > *k

['kɛːɔ̯ʃ]
keosh
“dog”

[Man in Space]

Lenition of final continuants

[kɛːɔ̯]
keosh
“dog”

[Darren]

Verschärfung

[kɛːɡʷ]
keosh
“dog”

[foxcatdog]

Velar dissimilation

[tɛːɡʷ]
keosh
“dog”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Raising of [ɛː] > [eː]

[teːɡʷ]
tégw
“dog”

[Man in Space]

Labiovelars > Bilabials

[teːb]
tégw
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[t] > [tʃ] before front vowels.

[tʃeːb]
czéb
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Man in Space]

Postvocalic stop lenition

[tʃeːu]
czéb
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[eː] > [joː] in before a nonsyllabic rounded vowel

[tʃjoːu]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Man in Space]

joːu > yː

[tʃyː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[foxcatdog]

Frication of high vowels
[tʃʝʷː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ʝʷː] back to [yː] in coda (would [tʃʝʷː] even be pronounceable?)

[tʃyː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”
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[foxcatdog]

There are some sino-tibetan languages with syllabic fricatives instead of high vowels and also a few languages in california like that. Also no taking back sound changes.

Frication of high vowels
[tʃʝʷː]
cziów
“dog; ace of spades (cards)”

[Travis B.]

People find that too hard to pronounce, so under the influence of a dialect where that sound change didn't take place, they palatalize they palatalize and labialize the consonant and defricate the vowel.

[tɕʷiː]
cziów
"Chihuahua; joker (cards)”

[foxcatdog]

Chain shift of palatals > velars > glottals

[kʷiː]
kwii
"demon especially of cards”

[Man in Space]

New word:

[bˤægʱˈdʱumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'

[foxcatdog]

New word:

[bˤægʱˈdʱumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'

I was hoping to do a new word for the threads 100 page anniversary

[foxcatdog]

Voiced aspirates to aspirated stops

[bˤægʱˈtʰumbʙuʛ]
bräghdhumbbugg
'to halt s.o./s.th. by means of a loud noise'

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Voicing Assimilation:

[bˤækʰˈtʰumbʙuʛ]
bräkhthumbbugg

[Travis B.]

Bilabial trills are replaced with [v].

[bˤækʰˈtʰumbvuʛ]
bräkhthumbbugg