Language History and Change

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Across
  1. 2. ...Modern English: 1500 to 1700
  2. 4. (change of position) involves a reversal in the position of two sounds in a word. thridda → third
  3. 6. (insertion) involves the addition of a sound to the middle of a word. glimsian → glimpse
  4. 8. ...English: after 1700
  5. 9. ...English: before 1100
  6. 10. words in different languages that are similar in form and meaning - English (mother, father, friend) and German (Mutter, Vater, Freund)
  7. 11. type of meaning change: Old English word hund, once used for any kind of dog, but now, as hound, used only for some specific breeds
Down
  1. 1. involves the addition of a sound to the beginning of a word. scribere → escribir
  2. 3. ...English: 1100 to 1500
  3. 5. type of meaning change: the Old English version of the word wife could be used to refer to any woman, but has narrowed in its application nowadays to only married women
  4. 7. omission of a sound hring → ring