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

From: tgpedersen
Message: 52016
Date: 2008-01-28

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "fournet.arnaud" <fournet.arnaud@...>
wrote:
>
>
> > 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.
> ============
> It should be verra and verre.
> Arnaud

And before that?


Torsten