Sound Change
Voicing of initial letter is a process of historical sound change where voiceless consonants become voiced at the beginning of a word. For example, modern German sagen, Yiddish זאָגן, and Dutch zeggen (all "say") all begin with, which derives from in an earlier stage of Germanic, as still attested in English say, Swedish säga, and Icelandic segja . Some English dialects were affected by this as well, but it is rare in Modern English. One example is fox (with the original consonant) compared to vixen (with a voiced consonant).
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