Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-naːj ~ s-nej

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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

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyɨy (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-naːy ⪤ *s-ney (Matisoff, STEDT); *ney (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972)

Adjective

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*s-naːj ~ s-nej

  1. to be near, close

Descendants

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  • Old Chinese: (*neʔ (B-S); *njelʔ (ZS)); (*nrit (B-S); *nig (ZS))
    • Middle Chinese: (ȵiᴇX); (ɳɣiɪt)
      • Modern Mandarin:
        • Beijing: (ěr, near) (ěr, /ˀɤɻ²¹³/); (close, intimate; relatives) (, /ni⁵¹/)
  • Himalayish:
    • Tibeto-Kanauri:
      • Bodic:
        • Tibetan:
          • Written: Tibetan: ཉེ་བ (nye ba, near)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi:
    • Lolo-Burmese:
      • Burmish:
        • Written: Burmese: နီး (ni:, near)