Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mraŋ

¶ Not to be confused with *k-m-raŋ ~ s-raŋ (“horse”).

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: *mljang (Schuessler, 2007)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *mraŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Weidert, 1987); *mraŋ, *mrak (Benedict, 1972); *mrang (*A) (Coblin, 1986); *mrɑŋ (Chou, 1972)

Verb

*mraŋ

1. to see, to look

Descendants

• Old Chinese:
  • 矕／𰥠 /*mˤron/ (B-S, unlisted), /*mroːn/ (ZS) ("to look, to see")
    • Middle Chinese: 矕／𰥠 (mɣanX)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 矕／𰥠 (mǎn, /man²¹⁴/)
  • 望 (OC *maŋ, *maŋs, “to watch, hope”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: မြင် (mrang, “to see; to perceive, to understand; to foresee”), မြော် (mrau, “to see, to look; to perceive, to discern”), မျှော် (hmyau, “to look into the distance; to expect; to hope for”) (? mro ("look forward to, expect") in Benedict (1976))
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꂿ (mo, “to see, to perceive”)

See also

• *s-mjak ~ s-mik (“eye”)
• *ken ~ m-kjen (“to see; to know”)
• *hjen (“to look, to see; to hear, to listen”)