Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/mu si

This Proto-Naish 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-Naish

Etymology

The first syllable is trivially *mu (“sky”).

The second syllable of this word is assigned to Proto-Tibeto-Burman *s(y)u-ŋ/k (“to wake up”) by STEDT, but it requires the assumption of an irregular unrounding.

Noun

*mu si

  1. morning

Descendants

  • Naxi: meeseel, mvseel, ⇒ meeseeldee
  • Narua: musee

Further reading

  • Jacques, Guillaume, Michaud, Alexis (2011) “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498
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