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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-nəj

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology
  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyiʔ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *niy ~ nəy (Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *niy (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *nəy (Matisoff, 2003); *s-nəy (STEDT)

Noun

*s-nəj

  1. sun
  2. day

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 日 (*C.nik (B-S); njig (ZS), “sun, day”)
    • Middle Chinese: 日 (ȵiɪt)

      → Japanese: 日 (にち, ​nichi)
      Korean: 일 (日, il)
      Vietnamese: nhật (日)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 日 (rì, /ʐʐ̩⁵¹/)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 日 /jɐt̚²/
      • Wu
        • Shanghai: 日 (ȵiɪ̆ʔ²³) (colloquial), /z̻ə̆ʔ¹²/ (literary)
    • Min
      • Min Nan
        • Taiwan: 日 /d͡ʑit̚⁵, lit̚⁵/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: ཉི་མ (nyi ma, “sun, day”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): ꑍ (nyip, “day, daytime”)
  • Proto-Karen: *nejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)

See also
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