Word evolution game

[Man in Space]

kiija
[uʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*j- > Ø- / _ [+syll] [+palatal]

fox
[jô:]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

Vowel contours develop on long vowels before pharyngeal codas, losing said codas on the process

[Travis B.]

kiija
[wuʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

u > wu / #_

fox
[jô:w]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

0 > w / V[+round +long]_

[Lērisama]

whoosh
[wuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

u → uː / _ palatal % and under stress

fox
[ʒô:v]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

j w → ʒ v

[Travis B.]

whoosh
[βuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

w > β

fox
[ʒô:f]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

Final devoicing

[Man in Space]

whoosh
[^bβuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Prestoppage of initial liquids

fox
[ʒô:h̪͆]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

*f > h̪͆

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

whoosh
[^bβuːʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

^bβ / b^w / _V[+round]

fox
[ʒô:ʃ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

h̪͆ / ʃ / _

[Travis B.]

whoosh
[bʷuwəʃ]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

uː > uwə

fox
[ʒówàʃ]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

oː > owa with splitting of tone contours into level tones

[Man in Space]

whoosh
[bʷuwəx]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

*ʃ > x / wV_

fox
[ʒówàx]
‘ancestors, founding fathers’

*ʃ > x / wV_

[Travis B.]

whoosh
[bʷuwək]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

x > k

fox
[ʒówàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

x > k

[Man in Space]

whoosh
[gugək]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

P > K / _…K

fox
[ʒógàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

P > K / _…K

[foxcatdog]

googahk
[gu:gk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Schwas lost with compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel

fox
[ʃók:àk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

Voiced obstruents devoice, resulting in geminates when intervocalic.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

googahk
[guːkk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

devoicing of plosives in clusters.

fox
[ʂókkàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

postalveolars > retroflexes.

[Travis B.]

googahk
[gyːkk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Chainshift of uː > yː, oː > uː, aː > oː

fox
[ʂókxàk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

kk > kx

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

googahk
[gyːːk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

loss of word-final gemination with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel.

fox
[ʂo̝kxɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

tone is lost and causes vowel shift.

[Travis B.]

googahk
[giːjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Breaking of overlong vowels

fox
[ʂo̝qχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

Backing of velars before back vowels

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

googahk
[ˈɣiːjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

word-initial lenition.

fox
[ˈho̝qχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

word-initial lenition.

(I noticed yall were using the same change on both words for a bit, and the opportunity presented itself.)

[Travis B.]

googahk
[ɣiˈjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Stress shift to final syllables, with reduction of initial syllables.

fox
[həˈqχɑk]
‘ancestors, founding fathers'

Stress shift to final syllables, with reduction of initial syllables.

[þeprussianfrog]

ghiijuk
[iˈjuk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Dropping of word-initial fricatives.

hoqxak
[əˈqχɑk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)

Dropping of word-initial fricatives.

[Travis B.]

ghiijuk
[iˈjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

Preglottalization of final plosives.

hoqxak
[əˈqχɑʔk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)

Preglottalization of final plosives.

[/ˌnɐ.ˈɾɛn.dɚ.ˌduːd/]

ghiijuk
[ɪˈjuʔk]
‘conspicuous consumption; “fuck-you” money, use of commercial transactions to spite someone’

reduction of pretonic vowels.

hoqxak
[ˈqχɑʔk]
‘predecessors‘ in general (in ancestry, technology, evolution, etc.)

reduction of pretonic vowels.