From: tgpedersen
Message: 51989
Date: 2008-01-28
> > Compare :If you have problems with the English, please ask. I'll help you.
> > Trève "truce" a Frankish word. Intervocal -w- never become -g-
> > in French.
> > Tregua an Italian inherited word from Longobardic self-made
> > tregua.
> > Longobardic turns -w- into *-gw- in all positions (Cf. Norse)
> > Both from *triwwa.
> >
> > Romance has nothing to do with all this in the first place.
> >
>
> Aha. So Romance *-w- > Fr. -v-, and > It. -gw-
> Torsten
>
> ===========
> No,
> Germanic triwa > FRankish triwa : borrowed = > FREnch trève
> Germanic triwa > Langobardic triggwa : borrowed = > ITalian tregua
> I suppose you already know that.