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

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



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

Occam's razor: "Thou shalt not multiply entities needlessly". <sinus> is attested and does its job jolly well. *sain- is unattested and has just been invented for the sole purpose of complicating things :-))

Piotr