History of French [g], cf. It, Sp. "guerra" 'war'. In these examples, we notice a clear consequence of bilingualism, which frequently alters the initial syllable of the Latin. There is also the converse example, where the Latin word influences the Germanic one: "framboise" 'raspberry' from OLF "*brambasi" (cf. OHG "brāmberi" > "Brombeere" 'mulberry'; E "brambleberry"; "*basi" 'berry' cf. Got. "-basi", Dutch "bes" 'berry') conflated with LL "fraga" or OF "fraie" ‘strawberry’, which explains the shift to [f] from [b], and in turn the final "-se" of "framboise" turned "fraie" into "fraise" (≠ Occitan "fragosta" 'raspberry', Italian "fragola" 'strawberry'. Portuguese "framboesa" 'raspberry' and Spanish
Kristine French Kristine French Kristine French is an Australian plant biologist who is a Professor at the University of Wollongong, where she has directed the Janet Cosh Herbarium since 1992. She is known for researching the ecology of weeds, studying urban ecology and "endangered species and forest ecology." French gained her B.Sc. (Hons) from the University of Sydney in 1984. She earned her doctorate from Monash University in 1989. Her thesis is entitled "Fruit/bird interactions in wet sclerophyll forest in Australia: the influence of fruit characteristics and the role of birds as seed disposal agents". French is a professor at the Institute