The English spelling change from cw to qu corresponded to a difference in pronunciation
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Historical linguistic sources show that the spelling change from Old English 'cw' to Middle English 'qu' represented the same /kw/ sound rather than a change in pronunciation.
... < qu > for the sound / kw / ( which was spelled < kw > or < cw > in Old English ) . It is during this Middle ... of English words does not correspond to their sound is that the spelling pre- serves an older pronunciation of the ...
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... < qu > , taken from French , was now the typical spelling for OE < cw > in words like ' quene ' ( ' queen ' ) or ' require ' and < k > was substituted for OE < c > ... changed the pronunciation to • • • • match the spelling by adding an.
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