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STEDT #2664

*sriŋ

SISTER
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

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Connections

HPTB*sriŋ ‘sister / matrilineal lineage’pp. 77, 307

Chinese comparanda

甥 OC *sěng, GSR #812d ‘sister’s son or daughter; son-in-law’; B & S 2011: *s.reŋ; Schuessler 2007:460 OCM *srêŋ; Mand. 甥 shēng ‘sister’s son’; 甥女 shēngnyǔ ‘sister’s daughter’.

Schuessler 2007:460 posits a connection between Chinese 甥 shēng ‘sister’s offspring’ and WT sring-mo ‘sister (of a male)’.
[SPB]

姓 OC *sri̯ěŋ, GSR #812q ‘clan / family / family name’; Mand. xìng.

This word is reconstructed as *si̯ěng in GSR #812q, but this was revised in STC to OC *sri̯ěŋ (STC: p.108, n.304 and p.171, n.304).

Reflexes & cognates20 reflexes · 9 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetansring ‘sister’Coblin 86: 133

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmansriŋ ‘sister’Chou 72: 812q
*Tibeto-Burmansriŋ ‘sister / matrilineal lineage’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 613

2.1.1Western Himalayish9

Bunanśriŋ◦smorpheme ‘sister’Benedict 72 STC: 108n304
Byangsiriŋ-śamorpheme ‘sister (younger-)’Benedict 72 STC: 108n304
Kanashiriŋ◦zmorpheme ‘sister’Benedict 72 STC: 108n304
Kanauririṅ◦zmorpheme n‘sister’Bailey 11
Kanauririṅ◦zemorpheme n‘sister’Bailey 11
Kanauririŋ◦zmorpheme ‘sister’Benedict 72 STC: 108n304

2.1.2.1Tibetan4

Tibetan (Written)sriŋ(-mosuffix) ‘sister (man sp.)’Chou 72: 812q
Tibetan (Written)sriŋ(-mosuffix) ‘sister’Benedict 72 STC: 171n457

2.1.5Dhimal1

Dhimalri-masuffix ‘sister’Benedict 72 STC: 108n304

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)sri̯ěŋ/si̯ɑ̈ŋ ‘clan / family / family name’Chou 72: 812q
Chinese (Old)seŋ-ssuffix ‘surname’BaxterSagart 2011: 3171

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

9.0.3Modern Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2664, *sriŋ ‘SISTER’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2664
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC p.108
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2664,
  title  = {{*sriŋ 'SISTER'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2664},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2664}
}