Re: [tied] Re: Balkan Serpents (was: alb. gji (breast))

> > > Miguel derives it as *SerpE >

> Why is the derivation being started as serpens > serpen > sErpe? My
> recollection is that Classical Latin Vns is a reversion, and that
> Proto-Romance always starts from V:s,

Shouldn't the starting point be the stem (or the accusative) serpent(em)
in which the e in ent- is by nature short? We don't then need to shorten
the long e of the nominative.

Peter