Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ser

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: *ser (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *syar (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Schuessler (2024) tries to connect Chepang वेर् (wer) to the Chinese word by positing a common initial cluster *sw-. It is dubious that *sw is compatible with any other non-Sinitic cognate listed here.

Noun

*ser

  1. hail, sleet

Descendants

  • Chinese: 霰 (OC *sˤ[e]r-s (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སེར་བ (ser ba)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: sin (“hail”)
  • Bodo-Garo
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