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

Piotr Gasiorowski wrote:

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> Subject: [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

It will derive regular if there should be an "*sain". What speaks
against of a form like "*sain"?

Alex