beep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours ago𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵: Water. 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻: Wasser. 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵: Agua. 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻: Acqua. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵:i.imgur.comimagemessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1image𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵: Water. 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻: Wasser. 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵: Agua. 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻: Acqua. 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵:i.imgur.combeep@piefed.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 hours agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoYes, Latin qu was pronounced /kʷ/, which became straight /kw/ in English. I don’t know which it was in Old French. Italian does have qu which is pronounced /kw/.
minus-squarehikaru755@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours ago Italian does have qu which is pronounced /kw/ Same in German
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·48 minutes agoSorry bud, but in German it usually (though not always ill grant you) is pronounced /kv/ :) quark, quasseln, usw
minus-squareAxolotl@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 hours ago Italian does have qu which is pronounced /kw/. I can confirm this as native speaker :3
Yes, Latin qu was pronounced /kʷ/, which became straight /kw/ in English. I don’t know which it was in Old French. Italian does have qu which is pronounced /kw/.
Same in German
Sorry bud, but in German it usually (though not always ill grant you) is pronounced /kv/ :) quark, quasseln, usw
I can confirm this as native speaker :3