Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mV-s(r)i

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:
      • *m-si(y) (Benedict, 1972)
      • *m-si-t (STEDT)

A *-t extension appears in Chinese and Jingpho. It is unknown how and when they were added.

Noun

*mV-s(r)i

  1. comb

Descendants

  • Chinese: 櫛 / 栉 (MC *tsrit) (see there for further descendants)
  • Nungish
    • Drung: seui
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thiʔ
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: pasi (“comb”), masit (“to comb, rake”)
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *si
  • Karbi: ingthi
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