Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/seɣ

This Proto-Naish 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-Naish

Etymology 1

    See Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-sin (“liver”).

    Noun

    *seɣ

    1. liver
    Descendants
    • Naxi: serl (/⁠sɚ⁵⁵⁠/)
    • Narua: seeq (/⁠si˩˥⁠/)
    • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠si˧⁠/)

    Etymology 2

      From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *siŋ ~ sik.

      Noun

      *seɣ

      1. wood
      Derived terms
      Descendants
      • Naxi: ser (/⁠sɚ³³⁠/)
      • Narua: see (/⁠si˧⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠si˧⁠/)

      Etymology 3

        Etymology unclear; Li's comparandum of Tibetan གཞར (gzhar, “to shave, scrape”) is phonetically incompatible.

        Verb

        *seɣ

        1. to shave
        2. to scrape
        Reconstruction notes
        • Jacques and Michaud omit Naxi serl.
        Descendants
        • Naxi: serl
        • Narua: seeq
        • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠si˧si˧˥⁠/)

        Further reading

        • Jacques, Guillaume; Michaud, Alexis (2011), “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498
        • Li, Zihe (2020), “原始納西語前冠音的來源與演變 [The Origin and Evolution of Pre-initials in Proto-Naish]”, in Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics‎[2], volume 12, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, page 219 of 201–228
        • Li, Zihe (2022), A Naish Historical Phonology: The Rhyme System‎[3], page 30
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