Re: [tied] Re: PIE's closest relatives/SIBUN

Joao wrote:

> Germanic *sibun is an anomaly that remains unexplained. Why a very
> usual cluster like -pt- didnt develop into expected *siftun. Is this
> reflect an archaism of Germanic or an inovation?
>
> And we can add to this oddness the greek hebd- besides hept-.
>
> Joao SL

Slavic presends too this "anomaly"..doesn't it?

Alex