[v]→[g]Certainty: 5/5Commonality: 4/5
Voiced labiodental fricative to Voiced velar plosive
The shift from a voiced labial sound [v/w] to the voiced velar stop [g] is a form of fortition and loanword adaptation, most notably occurring when Romance languages adapted Germanic labial glides as velar stops.
Phonetic Effects
Fortition, Velarization, Loanword Adaptation
Language Examples
Germanic *ward- [w/v]→guardar [g]— Adaptation of the Germanic labial glide into a velar stop in Spanish, French, and Italian.
Germanic *werra [w/v]→guerre [g]— Development of the Germanic initial labial into a velar stop in Old French.
wagon [v/w]→vagón [b/g]— In some dialects, initial labial-velar glides or fricatives are reinforced with a velar onset [g].
Related Transformations
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