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

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Etymology

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

Noun

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*krəj

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

Descendants

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

      Japanese:  (, ​ki)
      Korean:  (, gwe)
      Vietnamese: kỉ ()

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: ("seat") (, /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: ("seat") /kei̯⁵⁵/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Written Tibetan: ཁྲི (khri, foot)
          • Modern Tibetan (Lhasa): /ʈ͡ʂʰi˥˥/
        • Eastern
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kiranti
        • Western Kiranti
          • Thulung: /kʰə-laʔ/ ("foot")
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗭒 (*khjɨ¹, foot)
    • Qiangic
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ခြေ (hkre, foot, leg)
    • Proto-Loloish: *kre¹ (foot) (Bradley, 1979)
    • Naxi: kee (foot)

See also

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