Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/mur

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: *mur (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman:
      • *muːr (most scholars)
      • *s-muːr (STEDT)

Noun

*mur

  1. mouth

Descendants

  • Chinese: 門 / 门 (OC *mˤə[r] (B-S), “gate, door, entrance”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • ⇒ Tibetan: མུར་བ (mur ba, “to chew”), མུར་འགྲམ (mur 'gram, “jawbone”), མུར་གོང (mur gong, “temple (of the head)”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *hmuur
  • Proto-Central Naga: *mən
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *mor
    • Tangkhul Naga: khamor
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