The etymology of the English word "chief" has its very interesting correspondences in other E-U Languages:
E.: CHIEF / CHI:F/
IT.: CIUFFO /' CHYUF:O/
UKR.: / CHOUB/
BAT- / CHOU'V-ATY/
RUSS.: /' CHOUYAT'/
FR.: CHEVAL/ SHE'VAL'/
GYPSY:CHAVALE./ CHA'VALE/
IT.: CAVALLO / KA'VAL': O/
The most important regulations for the phonological 'doublets' for the word CHIEF revel the following regulations:
1. CH=SH/K;
2. I: = E/OU - the strong positioned A;
3. palatalization under the influence of I:, or iotizing YU; semi-palatalization/adaptive palatalization under the influence of E before the initial SH/ A before CH;
4. lack of palatalization after K+A;
5. F=B=V=Y(a).
The phonetic correspondences regulations of the above given examples stand the critics for the following reasons:
1/ the strict and consecutive correspondence of the following the CH/SH palatalization: I:, E, YU /iotizing/;
2/ OU preceeding B/V/Y;
3/ the absence of the palatalization in CH_V/K_V consonant interdepended chains, where the general shwa A is used;
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