Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-lej

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman:
      • *mliy (Benedict, 1972)
      • *m-l(e/ə)y (STEDT)

Noun

*mV-lej

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. land

Descendants

  • Chinese: 地 (OC *[l]ˤej-s (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: གཞི (gzhi, “basis, ground”)
  • Proto-Ersuic: *melje
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Nungish
    • Drung: mvli
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *lay
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Bodo (India): थिलि (tili, “field”)
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *lej
    • Tangkhul Naga: ngalei (“country, ground”)
  • Proto-Karen: *miᴬ (“wild”)
  • ⇒ Karbi: longle (“ground”)
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