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STEDT #2197

*s-diːk

SCORPION / CRAB / SHRIMP
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*s-diːk ‘scorpion / crab / shrimp’pp. 345, 496, 503, 527

Notes

R.S. Cook (p.c., 2002) has noted the similarity of these forms to the reflexes of #645 PTB *t(u/i)k FROG, another ‘verminous / venomous species’.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burman(s-)diːk ‘scorpion’Benedict 72 STC: 56
*Tibeto-Burmans-diːk ‘scorpion / crab / shrimp’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 586

1.2.2Central Chin1

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)sdig-pasuffix ‘scorpion’Benedict 72 STC: 56
Tibetan (Written)sdig-srinmorpheme ‘crab, crawfish’Benedict 72 STC: 56

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchadik lăŋmorpheme jikmorpheme ‘scorpion’Benedict 72 STC: 56

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2197, *s-diːk ‘SCORPION / CRAB / SHRIMP’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2197
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. STC#056, HPTB pp. 345, 496, 503, 527
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2197,
  title  = {{*s-diːk 'SCORPION / CRAB / SHRIMP'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2197},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2197}
}