Re: fresh

"Frank Verhoft" <fa478077@...> wrote:

> Hi Alex, hi all
>
> [...]
> <<< My dictionary means the German "frisch" should be a loan
>> from the early Romance,see Italian "fresco", French "frais"
>> The Italian word is seen as a loanword from French.<<<

By whom?!

> I found that French "frais" (freis, fresche; 1080, Chanson de
> Roland) is an early Frankic loan, and hence Germanic. (Rey:
> Dictionnaire historique de la langue française).

Of course.

> 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.

It's not from French but from Frankish "frisk", as given by all
Italian scholars. Probably someone made once again a confusion,
between French and Frankish.

Regards,
Marius Iacomi