noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
sound change
Linguistics term referring to systematic changes in pronunciation over time or across dialects. Can be used as a noun or as a suru-verb (intransitive).
日本語の歴史では、ハ行の音変化がよく知られている。
In the history of Japanese, the sound change of the ha-row is well known.
この単語は音変化して、元の形とはかなり違う発音になった。
This word underwent sound change and came to have a pronunciation quite different from its original form.