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STEDT #204

*s-hwal

JOINT / WRIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root resembles #373 PTB *wul HAND but seems distinct from it. Further confirmation is necessary.

Reflexes & cognates6 reflexes · 5 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmans-hwal ‘joint / wrist’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 593

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

Tangkhulāprefix-won ‘joint’Matisoff 87 BP

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)ʔwɑ̂n/ʔuɑ̂n- ‘wrist’Karlgren 57 GSR: 260m
Chinese (Old/Mid)ʔwɑ̂n/ʔuɑ̂n- ‘wrist’Karlgren 57 GSR: 273b

9.0.3Modern Chinese2

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #204, *s-hwal ‘JOINT / WRIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/204
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp.407, 423
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-204,
  title  = {{*s-hwal 'JOINT / WRIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #204},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/204}
}