Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-liːt

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: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-liːt (Matisoff, STEDT); *(m-)liːt (Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972; Benedict, 1972)

Noun edit

*m-liːt

  1. water leech, horseleech

Descendants edit

  • Old Chinese: (*tˁit, tit (B-S; unlisted, theoretical), *tiːg, tig, tjig (ZS), water leech)
    < Proto-Chinese: /*m-l̥it/ (?) (AS)
    • Middle Chinese: (zhì) /tet, ʈɣiɪt, t͡ɕiɪt/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (zhì) (zhì, /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Lepcha: ᰞᰬᰳᰓᰪ (hlet-bu) ("leech")
  • Proto-Karen: *k/s-lejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also edit