An ewt in a napron

In English, the words newt, umpire, adder (snake), and apron used to be ewt, numpire, nadder, and napron respectively. But after so many years saying "an ewt", "a numpire," "a nadder" and "a napron," they slowly became "a newt", "an umpire", "an adder" and "an apron".^[1]