[ɡʱ]→[ɣ]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced aspirated velar plosive to Voiced velar fricative
Spirantization of the voiced aspirated velar stop [ɡʱ] into the voiced velar fricative [ɣ] is a common evolutionary trajectory for velar stops, especially in Indo-European developments in Germanic.
Phonetic Effects
Language Examples
[ɡʱ]→[ɣ]— PIE *ɡʱ evolved into Proto-Germanic *ɣ in medial positions.
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