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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:16 pm
by Travis B.
[eə̯] > [ejə]
[ˈt͡ɕejə]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
[ʁ] > [ɣ] / _[V+front]
[ʐɖɣæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 10:36 pm
by foxcatdog
Weak consonant + schwa sequences lost lengthening the previous vowel
[ˈt͡ɕe:]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Rhoticisation
[rɖɣæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:08 pm
by Man in Space
Length > quality
[ˈt͡ɕi]
ceehe
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
*ɣ > ʀ
[rɖʀæ]
sijra
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:11 pm
by foxcatdog
Deaffiration
[ˈɕi]
chi
‘disobedience, flagrant insubordination’
Forest Nenetsification with devoicing of the following element
[ɬʈʀæ]
lhtrae
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:16 pm
by Man in Space
Loss of final vowels
[ɕ]
-ch
‘derivational suffix indicating rebelliousness or error’
Initial fricatives > preäspiration
[hʈʀæ]
htrae
‘lake, pool’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:20 pm
by foxcatdog
*æ > *ɛ
[hʈʀɛ]
htrae
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:25 pm
by Travis B.
Conversion of preaspiration into a voiceless uvular fricative.
[χʈʀɛ]
htrae
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:26 pm
by Man in Space
Laryngeal vocalization
[aʈʀɛ]
eh2tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:30 pm
by Travis B.
Conversion of a uvular trill into a bilabial trill.
[aʈʙɛ]
eh2tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:53 pm
by Man in Space
Rounding of front vowels after labial(ized) consonants
[aʈʙœ]
eh2tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2025 11:57 pm
by foxcatdog
PIE words cannot begin with vowels. The correct form is h2tre
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:03 am
by foxcatdog
New Word
[ˈta.sʲa]
taśa
“milkfish”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:02 am
by Travis B.
Affrication of retroflex stops
[aʈʂʙœ]
eh2tre
"mansion, particularly one with a pool"
Palatalized alveolars become alveolopalatals
[ˈta.ɕa]
taśa
“milkfish”
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:58 am
by Man in Space
Affectation of central vowels by retroflexes
[ɜʈʂʙœ]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
Initial obstruent voicing
[ˈda.ɕa]
taśa
‘milkfish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:07 pm
by Travis B.
Breaking of rounded front vowels
[ɜʈʂʙɛ̆ɔ̯̆]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
[ɕ] > [x]
[ˈda.xa]
taśa
‘milkfish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:26 pm
by Man in Space
*ʙ > ʙ̆β
[ɜʈʂʙ̆βɛ̆ɔ̯̆]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
*VxV contraction with stress determining tone
[dâ]
taśa
‘milkfish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:52 pm
by Lērisama
*Rounding of vowels after bilabials
[ɜʈʂʙ̆βɔ]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
*Voicing lost, lowering the tone of the following vowel
[ta˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:13 pm
by Man in Space
Raising of final vowels
[ɜʈʂʙ̆βu]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
Glottalization of *t
[ʔa˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:31 pm
by foxcatdog
Initial vowels deleted
[ʈʂʙ̆βu]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
Rhinoglottophilia
[ɴa˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2025 11:09 pm
by Man in Space
Progressive assimilation
[ʈʂɽ͡ru]
eh2tre
‘mansion, particularly one with a pool; public bathhouse’
Low tone glottalizes
[ɴaˀ˧˩]
dâ
‘milkfish, any smoked fish’