STEDT #459
*r-kliŋ ⪤ *r-klyaŋ
MARROW / BRAIN
Reconstruction analysis
handlekliŋprefixrinitialklrhymeiŋ ⪤ r-kcoverK · VNLT
Intermediate reconstructions
Lolo-Burmese*ʔkraŋ¹ ⪤ *ʔkyaŋ¹ ‘MARROW’
Connections
HPTB*r-kliŋ ⪤ *r-kl(y)aŋ ‘marrow / brain’pp. 128, 282, 283, 495, 507
Notes
If WT rkaŋ is indeed descended from this root, we must assume a radical simplification of the complex *rkly- sequence to rk-.
Chinese comparandum
牼 OC *k’ĕng ~ *g’ĕng, GSR #831q-r ‘shank bone (of ox)’; Schuessler 2007:335 *khrêŋ; B & S 2011: *m-kʰˁ‹r›eŋ; Mand. kēng.
脛 OC *g’ieng, GSR #831k ‘leg, shank’; Schuessler 2007:541 *gêŋh; B & S 2011: *m-kʰˁeŋ-s; Mand. jìng ~ xìng.
莖 OC *g’ĕng, GSR #831u ‘stalk; hilt of sword’; Schuessler 2007:335 *grêŋ; B & S 2011: *m-k-lˁ‹r›eŋ; Mand. jīng ~ héng.
Reflexes & cognates84 reflexes · 27 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)6
1.1.2Deng1
1.2Kuki-Chin1
1.2.1.1Northern Chin2
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin3
1.2.2Central Chin5
1.2.3Maraic5
Lakher [Mara]la#247 PTB *s/k-lwak ‘BRAIN’PKC *khluak ‘BRAIN’-thlí n‘brain or spinal cord’VanBik 09 PKC: 1279
Lakher [Mara]ru#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’-la#464 PTB *(s/h)la ‘BRAIN / MARROW’-thli ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)4
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group1
1.3.3Zeme Group1
1.3.4Tangkhulic5
1.5Mikir [Karbi]5
1.7.1.1Bodo3
Dimasabu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦thlung ‘brain’Marrison 67 Naga
Dimasabu#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦thluŋ ⪤ bi#385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’MesorootsPKC *ʔuu ‘ELDER SIBLING’Allofams1 #385 PTB *d-bu-s ‘HEAD / CENTER / SENIOR MALE RELATIVE / UNCLE’1a #1223 PTB *du ‘HEAD’◦thlim ‘brain’Benedict 72 STC: 126
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte1
2.1.2Bodic2
Baimaro⁵³#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’ pɑ⁵³suffix kɔ³⁵ ‘marrow’Sun H 91 Baim: 8.4.3
2.1.2.1Tibetan9
Tibetan (Written)rkaŋ-marmorpheme ‘marrow’WT mar ‘butter’, loan from Indo-Aryan marśa- ‘rubbing’ (cf. Turner #9896, p. 569). This word spread from Tibetan into other TB languages’ words for oil, etc.Matisoff 83 TIL: 56
2.1.3Lepcha4
2.1.4Tamangish9
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti1
Limbuluŋ◦si#5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’Allofams1a #230 PTB *s-hywəy-t ‘BLOOD’1b #5485 PTB *suy ‘MARROW’ ‘marrow’Michailovsky 89 Lm
2.3.2Southern Kiranti1
3.3rGyalrongic1
3.3.1rGyalrong1
6.1Lolo-Burmese1
6.1.1Burmish12
Burmese (Written)khraŋ-chi#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘marrow’Matisoff 87 BP
Burmese (Written)khraŋ-chi#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘marrow’Matisoff 83 TIL: 56
Burmese (Written)khraŋ-chi#463 PTB *g-ts(y)u(k/ŋ) ⪤ *g-ts(y)i-k ‘BRAIN / MARROW’ ‘marrow’Matisoff 74 TJLB: 72
Lashijou³³#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’ khjaŋ³³ ‘spinal cord’Dai 89 Lash: 9.1.1
Lashijou³³#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’ khjaŋ³³ ‘marrow’Dai 89 Lash: 9.1.2
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish4
Laloʔvu̪²¹#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’ da⁵⁵morpheme ku̪⁵⁵ ‘marrow’Chen 86 Yi: 8.4.3
Nesuɣɤ³³#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’ tu⁵⁵ ‘marrow’Chen 86 Yi: 8.4.3
6.1.2.2Central Loloish5
Ahiɣɯ²¹#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’ ʈo³³ ‘marrow’Luo 90: 8.4.3
7Karenic2
Karen (Sgaw/Yue)xi⁵⁵#234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’Allofams1 #232 PTB *s/m/g-rus ‘BONE’1a #234 PTB *s-rus ‘BONE’1b #233 PTB *g-rus ‘BONE’ ki³¹ ‘marrow’Dai 89 KarA: 166.1
Cite this entry
STEDT etymon #459,
*r-kliŋ ⪤ *r-klyaŋ ‘MARROW / BRAIN’.Stable link:
https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/459Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#126
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-459,
title = {{*r-kliŋ ⪤ *r-klyaŋ 'MARROW / BRAIN'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #459},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/459}
}