Word evolution game

[foxcatdog]

*ə > *o

[ˈu.w̃i.ɬa.w̃o]
umhisamh
"west"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Sequences of vowel + nasalised resonant + vowel collapse into new nasal diphthongs

[ỹĩ.ɬãõ]
üinsaon
"west"

[Travis B.]

[ɬ] > [h]

[ỹĩ.hãõ]
üinsaon
"west"

[Man in Space]

*h-deletion

[ỹĩ.ãõ]
üinsaon
"west"

[foxcatdog]

Nasal vowels lost ejecting onset nasals

[myi.mao]
muimao/i]
"west"

[Travis B.]

Intervocalic labial lenition

[myi.w̃ao]
muimao/i]
"west"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[w̃] > [^mb]

[myi.^mbao]
muibao
"west"

[Man in Space]

First element of diphthongs deleted

[mi.^mbo]
muibao
“west(ward); ocean”

[Travis B.]

Prenasalization is lost.

[mi.bo]
muibao
“west(ward); ocean”

[foxcatdog]

Quite a change from *umisamna
[ˈi.xa.lan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[x] > [ʃ] in contact with front vowels:

[ˈi.ʃa.lan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"

[Man in Space]

Deletion of posttonic open-syllable vowels

[ˈi.ʃlan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"

[foxcatdog]

Unstressed *a to a schwa

[ˈi.ʃlən.də]
ikalanda
"electric squid"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Assimilation

[ˈi.ʃlən.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid"

[linguistcat]

ʃl (along with sl) > ɬ

[ˈi.ɬən.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

Posttonic schwa and coda deletion with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel:

[ˈiːɬ.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"

[foxcatdog]

*ɬ > *l

[ˈiːl.nə]
iilne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"

[Rounin Ryuuji]

[ə] > [e] in syllables immediately after [i iː]

[ˈiːl.ne]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; impossible dream, wild fantasy"

[foxcatdog]

Assimilation

[ˈiːl.le]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; impossible dream, wild fantasy"

[Man in Space]

Geminate fortition

[ˈiːd.de]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; firework(s); impossible dream, wild fantasy"