Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-rjak

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-ryak (Matisoff, STEDT); *ryak (Benedict, 1972); *ryɑk (Chou, 1972)

Noun

*s-rjak

1. oil, fat, grease, juice (of flowers)

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 液 (*ɴ.rak (B-S), *laːg (ZS), “liquid”)
  • Middle Chinese: 液 (jiᴇk)

**:

→ Japanese: 液 (えき, ​eki)
Korean: 액 (液, aek)
Vietnamese: dịch (液)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 液 (yè), /i̯ɛ⁵¹/)
• Kamarupan
  • Kuki-Chin
    • Central Chin
      • Lushai [Mizo]: sa hriak (“oil, grease”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཞག (zhag, “oil, fat, grease”), རྒྱགས་པ (rgyags pa, “fat (of person)”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ရက် (rak, “extracted liquid (e.g. nectar)”) (whence အရက် (a.rak, “alcoholic drinks, liquor”))

See also

• *s-r(j)ak (“night; day (24 hours); spend the night”)
• *saːw (“oil, fat, grease”)
• *tsil (“fat, grease, oil”)