Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/siŋ ~ sik

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: *siŋ (Chou, 1972), *sying (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *siŋ ⪤ *sik (Matisoff, STEDT); *siŋ(*B) (Chou, 1972); *siŋ (Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987; Benedict, 1972)

This etymon may be cognate with PST *sreŋ (“live, alive, green”); possible links are Chinese 新 (xīn) and Written Burmese သစ် (sac) (both "new"), both homophonic with the reflexes below in the respective languages.

Noun

*siŋ ~ sik

  1. tree
  2. wood

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 薪 (xīn) ("firewood"), 新 (xīn) ("to fell, to lumber") /*sin/ (B-S); /*siŋ/ (ZS) ("firewood")
    • Middle Chinese: 薪 (xīn), 新 (xīn) /siɪn/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 薪 (xīn), 新 (xīn) (xīn, /ɕin⁵⁵/)
  • Proto-Bodish: *siŋ (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𘖹 (*lhə, “plane (for carpentry)”)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *seɣ
      • Naxi: ser (/⁠sɚ³³⁠/)
      • Narua: see (/⁠si˧⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠si˧⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: သစ် (sac, “log, timber; lumber, wood”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thiŋ
  • ⇒ Karbi: thengpi (“tree”)

See also

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