[w]→[f]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 3/5
Voiced labio-velar approximant to Voiceless labiodental fricative
The transformation of the voiced labio-velar approximant /w/ to the voiceless labiodental fricative /f/ is a phonetic shift that involves both a strengthening of articulation (fortition) and a loss of voicing (devoicing), accompanied by a shift in the place of articulation from labio-velar to purely labiodental.
Phonetic Effects
Fortition, Devoicing, Place Assimilation
Language Examples
Related Transformations
More Devoicing Shifts
Sources & References
- McManus, D. (1991). A Guide to Ogam. Maynooth Monographs 4. An Sagart.
- Schumacher, S. (2004). The Old Irish f-future. In J. H. W. Penney (Ed.), Indo-European Perspectives: Studies in Honour of Anna Morpurgo Davies (pp. 477-490). Oxford University Press.
- Stifter, D. (2006). Sengoídelc: Old Irish for Beginners. Syracuse University Press.
- Woolf, A. (2007). From Pictland to Alba 789–1070. Edinburgh University Press.
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