[ð]→[s]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced dental fricative to Voiceless alveolar fricative
The phonetic transformation from a voiced dental fricative (/ð/) to a voiceless alveolar fricative (/s/) involves both devoicing and a shift in the place of articulation from dental to alveolar. While not a universal historical sound change, this type of shift is attested in specific historical dialectal developments.
Phonetic Effects
Devoicing, Fronting
Language Examples
-ð→-s— This shift occurred in verb inflections, replacing the inherited dental fricative with an alveolar fricative. The exact mechanism (pure sound change versus analogy) has been a subject of scholarly debate.
Related Transformations
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