Where does “metaphony” come from?

metaphony (English) comes from English meta, from Latin mēta, from Proto-West Germanic mōtijan, from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

metaphony (English): A sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation...

Definitions

  1. A sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation...

Ancestry of “metaphony”, step by step

metaphony traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmetaSelf-referential; structured analogously, but at...
2Latinmētacone, pyramid
3Proto-West Germanicmōtijanto meet
4Proto-Germanicmōtijanąto meet, encounter
5Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via English phony

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphonyFraudulent; fake; having a misleading appearance;...
2Irishfáinnering; circle; ringlet, curl
3Old Irisháinnering
4Proto-Celticānniyosring
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eh₂n-ring

Words derived from “metaphony”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtą →Every word from Proto-Germanic mōtijaną →