Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/krəj

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

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *krəj (Matisoff, STEDT; Chou, 1972); *krij (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1972)

Noun

*krəj

1. foot, leg
2. footstool, seat, chair

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 几 /*C.krəjʔ/ (B-S), /*krilʔ/ (ZS) ("seat")
  • Middle Chinese: 几 (kijX)

    → Japanese: 几 (き, ​ki)
    Korean: 궤 (几, gwe)
    Vietnamese: kỉ (几)

    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 几 ("seat") (jī, /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/)
    • Cantonese
      • Guangzhou: 几 ("seat") /kei̯⁵⁵/
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Written Tibetan: ཁྲི (khri, “foot”)
        • Modern Tibetan (Lhasa): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
      • Eastern
        • Kurtöp: ཐྲི (thri)
  • Mahakiranti
    • Kiranti
      • Western Kiranti
        • Thulung: /kʰə-laʔ/ ("foot")
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗭒 (*khjɨ¹, “foot”)
  • Qiangic
    • Qiang (Taoping): /d͡ʑi⁵⁵/
    • Pumi (Qinghua): ʈʂʰə⁵⁵
• Lolo-Burmese
  • Burmish
    • Written Burmese: ခြေ (hkre, “foot, leg”)
  • Proto-Loloish: *kre¹ (“foot”) (Bradley, 1979)
    • Central Loloish
      • Lahu: ɔ̀-khɨ (“foot”), khɨ-šɛ (“foot, leg”)
  • Naxi: kee (“foot”)

See also

• *r-kja-ŋ (“foot”)
• *la ~ ja (“leg, foot”)
• *m-pa (“foot”)
• *bwal (“leg, foot, hoof”)