*siŋ

BLOOD VESSEL / NERVE / LIGAMENT

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlesiŋinitialsrhymeiŋcoverS · N

Notes

This promising root requires further confirmation.

Reflexes & cognates7 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.3.4Tangkhulic3

Tangkhulāprefix◦thiŋ◦neimorpheme◦ramorpheme ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulaprefix◦thiŋ◦neimorpheme◦ramorpheme ‘nerve’Matisoff 87 BP

Tangkhulāprefix◦thiŋ◦neimorpheme◦ramorpheme ‘ligament’Matisoff 87 BP

1.4Meithei3

Meitheising◦li#533 PTB *rey ⪤ *s-rwi(y) ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / CORD / STRING / CREEPER / CANE / RATTAN’PKC *ruy ⪤ *hruy ‘ROPE / CORD / STRING / RATTAN’PCN *a-(h)rəj ‘CANE, RATTAN’PTk *hroj ‘ROPE / STRING / THREAD NEEDLE’PKar *reᴮ ‘RATTAN’ ‘blood vessel / vein / artery’Matisoff 87 BP

Meitheisiŋ◦li#533 PTB *rey ⪤ *s-rwi(y) ‘OBSCURE INTERNAL CHANNEL / CORD / STRING / CREEPER / CANE / RATTAN’PKC *ruy ⪤ *hruy ‘ROPE / CORD / STRING / RATTAN’PCN *a-(h)rəj ‘CANE, RATTAN’PTk *hroj ‘ROPE / STRING / THREAD NEEDLE’PKar *reᴮ ‘RATTAN’ ‘nerve’Singh 91 MeiQ: 8.10

2.1.2Bodic1

Tsangla (Motuo)sik◦pasuffix ‘muscle / sinew’Sun H 80 MLD

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #537, *siŋ ‘BLOOD VESSEL / NERVE / LIGAMENT’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/537

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-537,
  title  = {{*siŋ 'BLOOD VESSEL / NERVE / LIGAMENT'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #537},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/537}
}