[dʱ]→[ð]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced aspirated alveolar plosive to Voiced dental fricative
Spirantization of the voiced aspirated dental stop [dʱ] into the voiced dental fricative [ð] is a significant shift in historical linguistics, frequently appearing in the development of Greek and Germanic consonant systems.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
[dʱ]→[ð]— Greek δ (delta) developed from earlier stops to fricatives through spirantization, well-documented in comparative philology.
[dʱ]→[ð]— Verner's Law: PIE aspirated voiced stops [dʱ] became fricatives [ð] in medial position in Proto-Germanic.
Related Transformations
More Germanic Shifts
Sources & References
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