SOURCE
CHANGE
/e/
Spelling: a, ai, ay, ei, ey, ea
each
clean
Mid, front, tense, unrounded vowel. Vowel of PDE bait.
SOUND
CHANGE
REFLEX
>>>>
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SOURCE
|
CHANGE
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/e/ Spelling: a, ai, ay, ei, ey, ea each Mid, front, tense, unrounded vowel. Vowel of PDE bait. SOUND |
CHANGE
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REFLEX
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| ME
/a:/ |
Great
Vowel Shift |
>>>>
|
PDE
/e/ |
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| ME
/æi/ |
Smoothing
|
Great
Vowel Shift |
PDE
/i/ |
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| ME
/e:/
|
Great
Vowel Shift |