Champenois

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French changier, from Vulgar Latin cambiare. Cognate with French changer, Bourguignon chaingeai, Picard canger, Poitevin-Saintongeais chanjhàe, Walloon candjî, Franco-Provençal changiér, Occitan changiér.

Noun

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chainger

  1. (Clairvaux) to change

References

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  • Jean Daunay, Parlers de Champagne, 1998
  • Baudouin, Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux (Ville-sous-la-Ferté), 1887