Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-diːk

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: *s-diːk (Matisoff, STEDT); *(s-)diːk (Benedict, 1972)

Noun

*s-diːk

1. scorpion
2. crab, shrimp

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: སྡིག་པ (sdig pa, “scorpion”), སྡིག་སྲིན (sdig srin, “crab”)
• Kuki-Chin
  • Central Chin
    • Lushai [Mizo]: tit (“scorpion”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𘝠 (*thjɨ², “scorpion”)

See also

• *d-k(j)aːj (“crab”)