Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-sin

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *msyin (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-sin (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; French, 1983; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987); *m-sin (*B) (Coblin, 1986)

Root edit

*m-sin

  1. liver
  2. bitter
  3. bile

Descendants edit

  • Old Chinese: (xīn) /*sin/ (B-S), /*siŋ/ (ZS) ("pungent (in taste)")
    • Middle Chinese: (xīn) /siɪn/
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Japanese:  (しん, ​shin)
Korean:  (, sin)
Vietnamese: tân ()

See also edit