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STEDT #123

*b-sey

RHINOCEROS
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Chinese comparandum

犀 OC *siər, GSR #596a-b; B & S 2011: *s.lˁəj; Mand. xī.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetanbsɨd ‘rhinoceros’Coblin 86: 125

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Written)bse ‘unicorn / rhinoceros / antelope’Jäschke 1881
Tibetan (Written)bse ‘rhinoceros, antelope, unicorn’Coblin 86: 125
Tibetan (Written)bse-rumorpheme ‘unicorn / rhinoceros / antelope’Jäschke 1881

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)siər/siei ‘rhinoceros’Chou 72: 596a-b
Chinese (Old)sid ‘rhinoceros’Coblin 86: 125

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)siei ‘rhinoceros’Coblin 86: 125

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #123, *b-sey ‘RHINOCEROS’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/123
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-123,
  title  = {{*b-sey 'RHINOCEROS'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #123},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/123}
}