If this article is interesting to you, and you speak English, I have a book to recommend:
And a podcast with the author:
https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/corpse-corps-horse-and-worse/
It turns out there are a lot of good (as in explainable) reasons why the language is so fucked up and broken. I found this a fascinating read.
Edit: Also, check out The Great Vowel Shift.