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[uo]→[au]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 2/5

Diphthong Shift Lowering Indo-European

Diphthong uo to Diphthong au

A back vowel diphthong shift where the rising diphthong uo lowers and shifts to the falling diphthong au.

Phonetic Effects

Lowering, Diphthong Shift

Language Examples

Germanic / Romance Indo-European

uo→au— Development of back mid-high diphthongs into low back diphthongs.

Related Transformations

More Indo-European Shifts

[d] → [dʑ] — Palatalization [e] → [o] — Backing [∅] → [ã] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [ẽ] — Compensatory Nasalization [∅] → [õ] — Consonant Loss

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