[tied] Re: Why is PIE more centum than satem?

From: wtsdv
Message: 12341
Date: 2002-02-13

--- In cybalist@..., "caraculiambro" <gpiotr@...> wrote:
> --- In cybalist@..., "David Russell Watson" <liberty@...> wrote:
> > Could "Saita" in "Saitafarn" be the plural of "Sai"?
> > Could the name then mean "Farn (glory) of the Saii"?
>
> I don't think a plural in <-ta> could occur in compounds
> (examples?).
>
> Piotr

The only example I could find is from Iron, which is
of course much later than 200 B.C. It's k'uxtæmærzæn
"towel" from k'uxtæ "hands" and mærzyn "to wipe".

David