[y]→[v]Certainty: 4/5Commonality: 2/5
Close front rounded vowel to Voiced labiodental fricative
The transformation of the high front rounded vowel [y] (or the palatalized labial segments) into the voiced labiodental fricative [v] is a form of labialization and consonantalization, notably documented in historical sound changes where rounded vowels harden into fricatives.
Phonetic Effects
Labialization, Consonantalization, Fortition
Language Examples
Historical [u/y-reflexes]→[v]— Shift where historical labialized vowels or glides fortified into the voiced labiodental fricative in the development of various daughter languages.
[y/uo]→[v/w]— Documentation of rounded vowels shifting toward labial approximants or fricatives before potentially hardening into stops.
Related Transformations
More Romance Shifts
Sources & References
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