Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mreŋ

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: *mriŋ (STEDT)

Verb

*mreŋ

  1. (of animals) to call, cry
  2. to be loud, make noise

Descendants

  • Chinese:  / (OC *m.reŋ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: mbri
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *riŋ