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Yes, and they would have sounded more similar before the great vowel shift.
by abrowne 12y ago
Yes, and they would have sounded more similar before the great vowel shift.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoChaucer has it written as 'queynte', so the words may have actually sounded more different.
- abrowne 12y agoThe OED's earliest attestations is 'cunte' (first in 'Gropecuntelane').