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

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: *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

Louse.

*s-r(j)ik

1. louse

Descendants

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

See also

• *s(j)ar (“louse”)