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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:44 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Disaffrication
[ɕeːɲ]
cêgne
"chestnut"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 11:25 pm
by foxcatdog
*e > *æ before a nasal
[ɕæːɲ]
caegn
"chestnut"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 6:33 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
[æː] > [æi]
[ɕæiɲ]
chaigne
"chestnut"
Let's have a new word:
[wráːdz]
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 7:58 pm
by Travis B.
[wr] > [vr]
[vráːdz]
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:14 pm
by Man in Space
Vowel shift for high-tone vowels
[vrɨːdz]
wrádz
‘root, radish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 8:24 pm
by 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’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:04 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɨː] > [ɛɨ]
[vrɛ̀ɨ̀t͡s]
wrèiz
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:16 pm
by Man in Space
*Pr > linguolabial
[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀t͡s]
wrèiz
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 9:49 pm
by foxcatdog
*ts > *t
[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀t]
wrèiz
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 10:59 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Coda stops receive an epinthetic [ɨ]
[r̼ɛ̀ɨ̀.tɨ]
wrèiti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2024 11:17 pm
by foxcatdog
Metaphony
[r̼èɨ̀ɛ̀.tɨ]
wrèiti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 6:48 am
by Rounin Ryuuji
Intervocallic [ɨ] > [j]
[r̼è.jɛ̀.tɨ]
wreieti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 12:50 pm
by Travis B.
People decide that linguolabials aren't worth the hassle.
[βè.jɛ̀.tɨ]
wreieti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 1:03 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
Pitch accent shift:
[βè.jɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2024 3:11 pm
by Travis B.
Onset [j] > [ʑ]
[βè.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
veyéti
"root, radish"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 1:35 am
by foxcatdog
[áˑ.ɸa.lin]
apalin
"seal" (the animal)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 5:31 pm
by 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)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2024 7:58 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[e] > [jɛ]
[vjɛ̀.ʑɛ́.tɨ̀]
viežéty
"root, radish"
i-mutation:
[ɛ́ˑ.βɛ.lin]
ävälin
"seal" (the animal)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2024 10:11 pm
by foxcatdog
Rhoticisation
[vjɛ̀.rɛ́.tɨ̀]
vieréty
"root, radish"
Vowel breaking
[*íɛ́.βɛ.lin]
ävälin
"seal" (the animal)
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2024 10:21 pm
by Rounin Ryuuji
[ɨ] > [i]
[vjɛ̀.rɛ́.tì]
vieréti
"root, radish"
i-affection:
[ié.βe.lin]
ievelin
"seal" (the animal)