Re: Gmc. w-/g-, j-,g-

From: tgpedersen
Message: 61987
Date: 2008-12-08

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
--- On Mon, 12/8/08, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:
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> > From: tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> > Subject: [tied] Gmc. w-/g-, j-,g-
> > To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
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> >
> > 2) the Romance languages rendered Gmc w- as gw-.
>
> They certainly wrote it that way
> but did they pronounce it that way?
> . . .
>
asked Rick from his Spanish immersion.
Yes, and the Italians still do, and the French say g-, no matter what
the Spanish do.


Torsten