Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-g(r)u

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-g(r)u (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*s-g(r)u

  1. elbow
  2. cubit

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) /*t-k⟨r⟩uʔ/ (B-S), /*tkuʔ/ (ZS) "elbow"
    • Middle Chinese: 肘 (zhǒu) trjuwX (/ʈɨuX/) "elbow"

      → Japanese: 肘 (ちゅう, ​chū)
      Korean: 주 (肘, ju)
      Vietnamese: trửu (肘)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 肘 (zhǒu, /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/, “elbow”)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 肘 (/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/, “elbow”)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: 肘 (/tiu⁵³/, “elbow”)
  • Manipuri [Meitei]: খুদুপ (khudup, “cubit”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: གྲེ་མོ (gre mo, “elbow”), གྲུ (gru, “corner”), གྲུ་མོ (gru mo, “elbow”)
        • Sherpa: གྲེ་མུང (gre mung)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𗈒 (*kjiwr², “elbow”)
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