Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-diːk

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: *s-diːk (Matisoff, STEDT); *(s-)diːk (Benedict, 1972)

Noun

*s-diːk

  1. scorpion
  2. crab, shrimp

Descendants

  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: སྡིག་པ (sdig pa, scorpion), སྡིག་སྲིན (sdig srin, crab)
  • Kuki-Chin
    • Central Chin
      • Mizo: tit (scorpion)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𘝠 (*thjɨ², scorpion)

See also