STEDT #376
*g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey
CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY
Connections
Allofams
- 1 #376 *g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY’
- 1a #2137 *g/m/s-lay ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’
- 1b #369 *r/s-ley ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BUY / BARTER’
- 1c #2606 *b-rey ‘BUY / BARTER’
Notes
The variable vocalism in this root was perhaps the reason why Benedict considered it to be a loan from Austro-Tai *(m)baḷi. However, several other roots show *-ey ⪤ *-ay variation, including NEAR; TONGUE; RICE / PADDY; PASS / EXCEED; BRIDGE; and BAMBOO STRIP. See GSTC #s 55, 56, 57, 58, 130, and 133.
Cf. the confusing note in Benedict (1975a:82), where he suggests that two separate borrowings from Austro-Tai are involved, both of which overlap with a native root. See also STC #283 and note 205, p. 64.
Several different prefixes are attested with this root, with their relative antiquity yet to be determined.
No attested reflexes are linked to this etymon.
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #376,
*g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey ‘CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/376Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: PAF
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-376,
title = {{*g/m/s-lay ⪤ *r/s-ley ⪤ *b-rey 'CHANGE / EXCHANGE / BARTER / BUY'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #376},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/376}
}