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by azernik
2806 days ago
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That vowel shift is not from French, but rather part of the English Great Vowel Shift [1]. The original loanword from Medieval Norman French to Middle English was /tʃeːf/ (spelled "chef"), compared to the re-borrowed /ʃɛf/. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Shift |
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