[h]→[f]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless glottal fricative to Voiceless labiodental fricative
The transformation of a glottal or velar fricative into a voiceless labiodental fricative /f/, a process involving the labialization of a back fricative.
Phonetic Effects
Labialization, Consonantal Shift
Language Examples
laugh (ME laghen /laxen/)→laugh /læf/— Final velar fricative shifted to labiodental /f/.
tough (OE tōh /toːx/)→tough /tʌf/— Final velar fricative shifted to labiodental /f/.
Related Transformations
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