English went through plenty of similar changes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_vowels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_

English went through plenty of similar changes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English_vowels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_Englis.... The full list is pretty interesting to read!