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Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:15 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
chattǟtie
[χɑˈstsɛːtɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
velars back to uvulars before back vowels.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 8:27 pm
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ħɑˈstsɛːtɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
Uvular fricatives turn into pharyngeal fricatives.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2026 9:34 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
chattǟtie
[ħɑˈssɛːtɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
cluster simplification.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 1:03 am
by Neonnaut
chattǟtie
[ɒˈssɛitɕə]
‘wagon hitch’
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:41 am
by Travis B.
Neonnaut wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 1:03 am
chattǟtie
[ɒˈssɛitɕə]
‘wagon hitch’
Um, the rule of the game is one change per turn ─ if a change is more complex it has to be a unified whole (e.g. a chainshift).
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:42 am
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ħɑˈsseə̯tɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
[ɛː] > [eə̯]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:53 am
by Man in Space
chattǟtie
[ħɔˈsseə̯tɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
*ɒ > ɔ
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 9:16 am
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ħɔˈtsʰeə̯tɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
[ss] > [tsʰ]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:20 am
by Man in Space
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰeə̯tɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
Initial obstruent voicing
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:22 am
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰejətɕi]
‘wagon hitch’
[eə̯] > [ejə]
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:28 am
by Man in Space
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰejətɕ]
‘wagon hitch’
Final high vowels delete after coronals
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 11:37 am
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰeːjətɕ]
‘wagon hitch’
Vowels lengthen in stressed open syllables.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 1:38 pm
by Man in Space
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰeːɕətɕ]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
Lag assimilation of *j to a palatal consonant in the next syllable
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 2:56 pm
by Travis B.
chattǟtie
[ʕɔˈtsʰeːjsəjts]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
Palatals lose palatalization, ejecting [j].
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 5:24 pm
by Man in Space
řåcheessăcs
[ʕɔˈtsʰeːssətts]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
*jC > geminated C
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 7:44 pm
by Travis B.
řåcheessăcs
[ʕɔˈtsʰeːsətts]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
Lenition of unstressed intervocalic fricatives -- short unstressed intervocalic fricatives are voiced and long unstressed intervocalic fricatives are shortened.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 8:01 pm
by Man in Space
řåcheessăcs
[ʕuˈtsʰeːsətts]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
Raising of pretonic mid vowels in the initial
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:00 pm
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
řåcheessăcs
[ʕuˈtsʰeːsetts]
‘wagon hitch; morality chain, (psychological) pressure point’
schwa becomes an echo vowel.
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:32 pm
by Man in Space
This term collocated with another word; this univerbizes:
Massac-husetts
[massak-ʕuˈtsʰeːsetts]
‘cause célèbre’
Uh…what I mean is,
řåcheessăcs
[ʕuˈtsʰjesetts]
‘morality chain, psychological pressure point’
Diphthongization of long *e
Re: Word evolution game
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2026 10:11 am
by /ˌnɐˈɾɛndɚduːd/
Man in Space wrote: ↑Sun Feb 01, 2026 10:32 pm
This term collocated with another word; this univerbizes:
Massac-husetts
[massak-ʕuˈtsʰeːsetts]
‘cause célèbre’
ha.
řåcheessăcs
[ʕuˈtsʰjeseʰts]
‘morality chain, psychological pressure point’
gemination > preaspiration