Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-hjwəj-t
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *shwiʔ (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-hywəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-hwiy (Benedict, 1972); *(s-)h(y)wə[ː]y (French, 1983); *s-hwiy(*B) (Coblin, 1986)
This word now means "marrow" in some Tibeto-Burman languages. Chinese 髓 (suǐ) (suǐ < OC *s-lojʔ, "marrow") has also been (possibly incorrectly) assigned as a reflex of this root.
Noun
edit*s-hjwəj-t
Descendants
edit- Old Chinese: 血 (*qʰʷiːg (ZS), *m̥ˁik (B-S), “blood”)
- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Newar
- Mahakiranti
- Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
- Tangut: 𗊴 (*sjij¹, “blood”)
- Northern Tangut
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Proto-Karen: *swiᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
See also
edit- *krak (“blood”)