*gyat

HERO / CHAMPION

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

initialgyrhymeat

Chinese comparandum

傑 OC *g’i̯ɑt, GSR #284b; B & S 2011: *N-k‹r›at {N-[k]‹r›at}; Mand. jié.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 3 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangyat ‘hero’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 592

2.1.2.1Tibetan2

Tibetan (Written)gyad ‘champion’Benedict 72 STC: 113n318

Tibetan (Written)gyɑd (-pɑsuffix) ‘champion / athlete’Chou 72: 284b

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)gʻi̯ɑt ‘hero’Chou 72: 284b

Chinese (Old)grjat ‘of surpassing quality’Baxter 92: 968

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #701, *gyat ‘HERO / CHAMPION’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/701

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

References: cf. STC p.174, HPTB p.335

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-701,
  title  = {{*gyat 'HERO / CHAMPION'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #701},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/701}
}