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Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 11:54 am
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
pope
[ɸoχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

vowels strengthen following dorsals.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:01 pm
by Man in Space
pope
[oχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Loss of *ɸ before rounded vowels

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:15 pm
by Travis B.
pope
[wɒχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

o > wɒ

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:18 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
pope
[wæχe]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

umlaut.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 12:23 pm
by Travis B.
pope
[wɑχæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Uvular-coloring.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 3:53 pm
by Lērisama
pope
[wɑhæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Debuccalisation

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 4:36 pm
by Travis B.
pope
[wɑçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Palatalization before front vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:40 pm
by Man in Space
pope
[jæçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Regressive palatalization

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 6:55 pm
by Travis B.
pope
[ɟʝæcçæ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Fortition of palatals.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:08 pm
by foxcatdog
pope
[ɟʝacça]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Vowels collapse back into a five vowel system

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:14 pm
by foxcatdog
New Word
[ˈnɔk.kus]
nọkkus
“wolverine”

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:19 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
gaka
[gɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

depalatalization.


nọkkus
[ˈnɔxus]
‘wolverine’

geminates > fricatives

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2026 10:25 pm
by foxcatdog
gaka
[ɣakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

*gɣ > *ɣ


nọkkus
[ˈnɔxəs]
‘endonym’

*u > *ə between a non coronal and a coronal

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 12:48 pm
by Travis B.
gaka
[ʁakxa]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

ɣ > ʁ


nọkkus
[ˈnɔχəs]
‘endonym’

Velars back after back vowels.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Mar 18, 2026 4:41 pm
by foxcatdog
rẹkx
[ʁɛkx]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Vowel loss with compensatory dissimilation of identical vowels


nọkkus
[ˈnɔχɔsə]
‘endonym’

*ə+Coronal# > *ɔ+Coronal+ə

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 7:12 pm
by Man in Space
rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Progressive palatalization


nọkkus
[ˈnɔɔsə]
‘endonym’

*χ > Ø / V_V

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2026 7:55 pm
by Travis B.
rẹkx
[ʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘rich people getting poorer, lavish spending’

Epenthesis.


nọkkus
[ˈnausə]
‘endonym’

Dissimilation.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 8:46 am
by Starbeam
rẹkx
[ɢʁɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

prosthetic initial plosive

naus
[ˈnaus]
‘endonym’

loss of word-final shwa

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 10:31 am
by Travis B.
rẹkx
[ˈqχɛkʲiʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

Initial devoicing.

naus
[ˈnawus]
‘endonym’

Insertion of glide.

Re: Word evolution game

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 2:18 pm
by /ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/
rẹkx
[ˈqχɛciʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption’

[kʲ] > [c].

naus
[ˈnawuh]
‘endonym’

word-final lenition.