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STEDT #261

*d-rin

COMPASSION / LOVE
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This Tibetan - Chinese comparison is due to Gong 2001, set 29.

Chinese comparandum

憐 OC *lien, GSR #387l ‘love; pity’; Coblin 86:119 ST *dlin > OC *lin; Schuessler 2007:354 *rîn; B & S 2011: *k.rˤiŋ; Mand. lián.

Reflexes & cognates8 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetandlin ‘pity / kindness’Coblin 86: 119

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmand-rin ‘compassion / love’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 306

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)drin ‘kindness, favor, grace’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 306

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)râñ-câmorpheme ‘sweetheart’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 306

9Sinitic2

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old)k.rˤiŋ ‘love; pity’BaxterSagart 2011: 1699

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #261, *d-rin ‘COMPASSION / LOVE’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/261
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: HPTB p.306
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-261,
  title  = {{*d-rin 'COMPASSION / LOVE'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #261},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/261}
}