Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-mjak ~ s-mik
(Redirected from Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mik ~ mjak)
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *(s-)myəːk (Chou, 1972), *myikw (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-myak ⪤ *s-mik (Matisoff, STEDT); *(s-)myəːk (Chou, 1972); *myikw (Coblin, 1986); *mya[a]k (LaPolla, 1987)
This root shows alternation between medial *ya and *i.
In some languages (e.g. Burmish, Karenic) this word also means "face", a relationship perhaps reminiscent of Vietnamese mắt (“eye”) ~ mặt (“face”).
Compare:
- Proto-Hmong-Mien *mu̯ɛjH (“eye”) (Hmong (RPA): muag)
- Proto-Austroasiatic *mat (“eye”) (Vietnamese mắt, Modern Mon မတ် (mòt))
- Proto-Austronesian *mata (“eye”) (Malay, Indonesian mata)
- Proto-Kra-Dai *maTa: (“eye”) (Baha ma⁵⁵da³²²)
- Proto-Japonic *may (“eye”) (Japanese 目)
Noun
edit*s-mjak ~ s-mik
Descendants
edit- Old Chinese: 目 (*muɡ, “eye”)
- Himalayish
- Tangut-Qiang
- Sal
- Bodo-Garo
- Garo: mik (“eye, vision”)
- Bodo-Garo
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Proto-Karen: *mɛɁᴰ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
- Proto-Kuki-Chin: *mik
See also
edit- *ken ~ m-kjen (“to see; to know”)
- *mraŋ (“to see”)
- *hjen (“to look, to see; to hear, to listen”)