Re: Proto-Romance **w (was: Existence of PIE)

From: fournet.arnaud
Message: 52005
Date: 2008-01-28

> fournet.arnaud <fournet.arnaud@> wrote:
>>> Guerre with -g- is a Parisian French-made word out of Frankish werra.
>>> Guerra with -g- is an Italian inherited word from Longobardic
>>> self-made guerra.


> How do you create an acceptable proto-Romance form for
> Italian [gw-erra]
> and French guerre [ger] ?

What's wrong with Torsten's simple suggestion of *werra?

Richard.
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It should be verra and verre.
Arnaud
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