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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-hjwəj-t

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: *shwiʔ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-hywəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-hwiy (Benedict, 1972); *(s-)h(y)wə[ː]y  (French, 1983); *s-hwiy(*B) (Coblin, 1986)

This word now means "marrow" in some Tibeto-Burman languages. Chinese 髓 (suǐ) (suǐ < OC *s-lojʔ, "marrow") has also been (possibly incorrectly) assigned as a reflex of this root.

Noun

*s-hjwəj-t

  1. blood

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 血 (*qʰʷiːg (ZS), *m̥ˁik (B-S), “blood”)
    • Middle Chinese: 血 /hwet/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 血 ("blood") (literary: xuè, /ɕɥɛ⁵¹/; colloquial: xiě, /ɕjɛ²¹³/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཡི་དམ (yi dam, “vow, oath, promise”), ཡིད (yid, “soul, mind”)
      • Lepcha: ᰟᰧ (vi, “blood”)
    • Newar
      • Newar (Dolakhali): हि (hi, “blood”)
      • Newar (Kathmandu): हि (hi, “blood”)
    • Mahakiranti
      • Kiranti
        • Eastern Kiranti = Rai
        • Western Kiranti
          • Khaling: हि (hi, “blood”)
          • Dumi: ही (hi, “blood”)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𗊴 (*sjij¹, “blood”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *swəj² (“blood”)
      • Burmish
        • Burmese: သွေး (swe:, “blood, disposition, spirit”)
      • Proto-Loloish: *swe² (“blood”) (Bradley, 1979; Weidert, 1987)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꌦ (sy, “blood”)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu: ꓢꓲꓽ (sɨ̀)
  • Proto-Karen: *swiᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also
  • *krak (“blood”)
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