metathesize

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English metathesis Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English metathesize From metathesis + -ize.

1. To undergo or to subject to metathesis; of sounds, to switch positions in a word.

   “Cases like mu·yh : mu·hyut may be accounted for under a rule that clusters of h plus sonorant metathesize in word-final position.”

   “The significance of noticing the existence of this adjective tharf by the side of the metathesized form thraf is of course apparent”