Re: [tied] Re: alb. gji (breast) - maybe PIE *sei-N-

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> I understand what you mean, but don't you have to prove first that 'gji', in the meaning of 'gulf', is rather an ancient than a modern term (taking in consideration what you have written about anije-enë relationaship) ?

> I don't have any difficulties to see 'gji' (bosom, breast) deriving from 'to drip' because it is where the mothers milk drips from.

Then how about Rom. sân, which has the meanings 'breast, teat, bosom, lap', and which derives regularly from *senu- < sinu- (but not from *si:n- or *sein-)? Faced with a choice between an etymology that explains all the facts straightforwardly and one that is based on subjective associations and requires additional assumptions, I favour the former.

Piotr