STEDT #207

*m-k(y)un

BACK / KIDNEY

Reconstruction analysis

handler/n-kinitialk(y)rhymeun ⪤ kywcoverK · NWT

Connections

Notes

This root is reconstructed as *m-glun (HPTB 73, 125, 198), largely because of the voiced initial in the OC comparanda *d̑i̯ĕn and *di̯ən (GSR #368h ‘kidney’ and #450h-i ‘small of the back’). On the TB level, however, it now seems best to reconstruct it with a voiceless root initial.

Chinese comparandum

腎 OC *d̑i̯ĕn, GSR #368h ‘kidney’; B & S 2011: *ginʔ {(g)i(n)ʔ}; Mand. shèn.
夤 OC *di̯ĕn, GSR #450h-i ‘small of the back, region of the reins’; B & S 2011: *ɢər {ɢ(r)ə(r)}; Mand. yín.

Reflexes & cognates32 reflexes · 10 subgroups

Jingphohkyun-tawngmorpheme shammorpheme ‘loin / sirloin (meat)’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphokhyun nra#237 PTB *g-ra-t ‘BONE’ ‘lumbar vertebrae’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphon-hkyun ‘kidney’Matisoff 87 BP

Jingphon-khyun ‘kidney’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 67

Jingphon-khyun ‘kidney / small of back’Matisoff 78 VSTB: (1)

Jingphonkhyun ‘kidney’Marrison 67 Naga

2.1.4Tamangish2

Chantyalkən◦nyawmorpheme◦lo#232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’MesorootsPKC *ruʔ ‘BONE’PCN *a-rut ‘BONE’PTk *ru ‘BONE’PKar *khrwitᴰ ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ‘backbone / spine’Noonan 92: 5.5.4

Manang (Prakaa)¹kyʰe ‘kidney’Hoshi 84: 0506

6.1.1Burmish2

Burmese (Written)kro#215 PTB *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k ‘WAIST’PLB *gyukᴸ ⪤ *džukᴸ ‘WAIST’◦kun: ‘back (body)’Marrison 67 Naga

Burmese (Written)kyok#215 PTB *gyu-k ⪤ *dzyu-k ‘WAIST’PLB *gyukᴸ ⪤ *džukᴸ ‘WAIST’-kûn ‘back’Matisoff 87 BP

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish2

Mpiŋ⁴kjo⁵ ‘kidney’Bradley 79 PLo

Mpiŋ⁴kjo⁵ ‘kidney’Matisoff 78 MLBM: 67

9Sinitic4

Chinese (Hanzi)夤 ‘small of the back, region of the reins’BaxterSagart 2011: 3490

Chinese (Hanzi)腎 ‘kidney’BaxterSagart 2011: 2464

Chinese (GSR #)0368h ‘kidney’BaxterSagart 2011: 2464

Chinese (GSR #)0450h ‘small of the back, region of the reins’BaxterSagart 2011: 3490

9.0.1Old Chinese6

Chinese (Old/Mid)d̑i̯ĕn/źi̯ĕn ‘kidney’Chou 72: 368h

Chinese (Old/Mid)d̑i̯ĕn/źi̯ĕn: ‘kidney’Karlgren 57 GSR: 368h

Chinese (Old/Mid)di̯ən/i̯ĕn ‘small of the back, region of the reins’Karlgren 57 GSR: 450h-i

Chinese (Old)ginʔ {[g]i[n]ʔ} ‘kidney’BaxterSagart 2011: 2464

Chinese (Old)gjinʔ ‘kidney’Baxter 92: 349

Chinese (Old)ɢər {[ɢ[(r)ə[r]} ‘small of the back, region of the reins’BaxterSagart 2011: 3490

9.0.2Middle Chinese2

Chinese (Middle)dzyinX ‘kidney’BaxterSagart 2011: 2464

Chinese (Middle)yin ‘small of the back, region of the reins’BaxterSagart 2011: 3490

9.0.3Modern Chinese5

Chinese (Mandarin)shehn◦tzahngmorpheme ‘kidney’Sun J 85 ChGl: 412

Chinese (Mandarin)shen ‘kidney’Karlgren 57 GSR: 368h

Chinese (Mandarin)shèn ‘kidney’BaxterSagart 2011: 2464

Chinese (Mandarin)yin ‘small of the back, region of the reins’Karlgren 57 GSR: 450h-i

Chinese (Mandarin)yín ‘small of the back, region of the reins’BaxterSagart 2011: 3490

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #207, *m-k(y)un ‘BACK / KIDNEY’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/207

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: incl 46, see VSTB

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-207,
  title  = {{*m-k(y)un 'BACK / KIDNEY'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #207},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/207}
}