Re: [tied] Re: fresh

Frank Verhoft wrote:

> No idea about Italian
> 'fresco', but looking at the first attestations of the French word
> "freis" and the Pgmc *friskaz, i strongly doubt it's a loan from
> French
>
> Best regards,
>
> Frank

This is my opinion too. The Italian has an "sc" there and it cannot come
from a French "fraise" with an own sufix in Italian.I mean, there is no
need for an own suffix since the germanic form is already "ska":-)