The history and etymology of Cappadocian fšáx 'child' Pharasiot fšáxi 'boy' Universiteit Gent
Cappadocian fšáx ‘child’, Pharasiot fšáxi ‘boy’ are traditionally derived from Turkish uşak, assuming a hitherto unexplained fricativization of [u] to [f] and of word-final [k] to [x] after the borrowing process. The latter cannot be attributed to Cappadocian or Pharasiot, however, as it is a common feature of Anatolian Turkish. In order to understand the former sound change, we have to assume an isolated case of high vowel fricativization in ...