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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

Etymology
  • 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
          • Written Tibetan: སྡིག་པ (sdig pa, “scorpion”), སྡིག་སྲིན (sdig srin, “crab”)
  • Kuki-Chin
    • Central Chin
      • Lushai [Mizo]: tit (“scorpion”)
  • Tangut-Qiang
    • Northern Tangut
      • Tangut: 𘝠 (*thjɨ², “scorpion”)

See also
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