Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-naːj ~ s-nej

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: *nyɨy (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-naːy ⪤ *s-ney (Matisoff, STEDT); *ney (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972)

Adjective

*s-naːj ~ s-nej

to be near, close

Descendants

Old Chinese: 邇／迩 (*neʔ (B-S); *njelʔ (ZS)); 昵 (*nrit (B-S); *nig (ZS))
- Middle Chinese: 邇／迩 (ȵiᴇX); 昵 (ɳɣiɪt)
  - Modern Mandarin:
    - Beijing: 邇／迩 (ěr, “near”) (ěr, /ˀɤɻ²¹³/); 昵 (“close, intimate; relatives”) (nì, /ni⁵¹/)
Himalayish:
- Tibeto-Kanauri:
  - Bodic:
    - Tibetan:
      - Written: Tibetan: ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi:
- Lolo-Burmese:
  - Burmish:
    - Written: Burmese: နီး (ni:, “near”)

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