[tʰ]→[s]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiceless aspirated alveolar plosive to Voiceless alveolar fricative
The shift from an aspirated alveolar stop to an alveolar fricative represents a process of assibilation and spirantization, often occurring as a later stage in a more complex sound change like the High German Consonant Shift.
Phonetic Effects
Assibilation, Spirantization
Language Examples
water→wasser— Development of t > tʰ > ts > s, comparing English 'water' to German 'wasser'.
Related Transformations
More Germanic Shifts
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