Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-r(j)ik

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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: *sryik (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-r(y)ik (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-rik (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *s-rik = *śrik (Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987), *śrik (Coblin, 1986)

Noun

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Louse.

*s-r(j)ik

  1. louse

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (*srit (B-S), *srig (ZS), louse)
    • Middle Chinese: (ʃɪt)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (shī), /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: (shī) /sɐt̚⁵/
  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *hrik (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Mizo: hrik (louse)
      • Khomic
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཤིག (shig, louse)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: shakrat (louse) (per Schuessler, 2007), tsi (louse) (per STEDT)

See also

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