[ɛ]→[y]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Open-mid front unrounded vowel to Close front rounded vowel
The shift from [ɛ] to [y] is a complex process of rounding and raising, typically observed in historical chain shifts where mid-vowels move toward the close-front space.
Phonetic Effects
Rounding, Raising
Language Examples
οι [oi] (Classical Greek diphthong)→[øː] → [yː]— Greek iotacism: diphthong οι monophthongized first to [ø] (open-mid front rounded) then to [y] (close front rounded) in Hellenistic/Byzantine Greek, before ultimately merging with [i] in Modern Greek.
Related Transformations
More Rounding Shifts
Sources & References
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