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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 9:47 pm
by foxcatdog
*ə > *o
[ˈu.w̃i.ɬa.w̃o]
umhisamh
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 10:56 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Sequences of vowel + nasalised resonant + vowel collapse into new nasal diphthongs
[ỹĩ.ɬãõ]
üinsaon
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 11:27 pm
by Travis B.
[ɬ] > [h]
[ỹĩ.hãõ]
üinsaon
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 11:34 pm
by Man in Space
*h-deletion
[ỹĩ.ãõ]
üinsaon
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 2:32 am
by foxcatdog
Nasal vowels lost ejecting onset nasals
[myi.mao]
muimao/i]
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 3:23 pm
by Travis B.
Intervocalic labial lenition
[myi.w̃ao]
muimao/i]
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 3:40 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[w̃] > [mb]
[myi.mbao]
muibao
"west"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 4:18 pm
by Man in Space
First element of diphthongs deleted
[mi.mbo]
muibao
“west(ward); ocean”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 6:36 pm
by Travis B.
Prenasalization is lost.
[mi.bo]
muibao
“west(ward); ocean”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 7:10 pm
by foxcatdog
Quite a change from *umisamna
[ˈi.xa.lan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 7:39 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[x] > [ʃ] in contact with front vowels:
[ˈi.ʃa.lan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 9:48 pm
by Man in Space
Deletion of posttonic open-syllable vowels
[ˈi.ʃlan.da]
ikalanda
"electric squid"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 10:12 pm
by foxcatdog
Unstressed *a to a schwa
[ˈi.ʃlən.də]
ikalanda
"electric squid"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 6:49 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Assimilation
[ˈi.ʃlən.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 11:58 am
by linguistcat
ʃl (along with sl) > ɬ
[ˈi.ɬən.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 12:11 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Posttonic schwa and coda deletion with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel:
[ˈiːɬ.nə]
isclenne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 7:29 pm
by foxcatdog
*ɬ > *l
[ˈiːl.nə]
iilne
"electric squid, will 'o the wisp"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 7:47 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ə] > [e] in syllables immediately after [i iː]
[ˈiːl.ne]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; impossible dream, wild fantasy"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 8:32 pm
by foxcatdog
Assimilation
[ˈiːl.le]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; impossible dream, wild fantasy"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 8:40 pm
by Man in Space
Geminate fortition
[ˈiːd.de]
ílne
"will o' the wisp, marsh-light; firework(s); impossible dream, wild fantasy"