> Are we bound to not inserting intermediate stages, but have to
bundle
> the whole thing within one reconstructed language?
Ideally, yes. If the IE languages are related, there must have been
a language from which they are all descended, and it is our main
objective to uncover that. And all true archaisms must have a place
in that reconstruction.
Jens
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