Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/pəj

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: *pey (Matisoff 2003; STEDT)

Noun

*pəj

  1. leg
  2. thigh, calf
  3. foot

Descendants

  • Chinese: 腓 (OC *bəi (Schuessler), *pəj (STEDT), *bɯl (Z-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Tshangla: བི (bi)
  • ⇒ Proto-Ersuic: *lipʰew¹
    • Ersu: erpe
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *phay (“thigh”)
  • Proto-Central Naga: *phej (“thigh”)
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *pʰej (“foot”)
  • Kiranti
    • Central
      • ⇒ Chamling: फिलु
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