Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-ləj

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-l(a/e)y (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Noun

*sV-ləj

  1. ladder
  2. bridge

Descendants

  • Chinese: 梯 (OC *l̥ˤ[ə]j (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *(h)lay (“bridge”)
    • Central
  • Tangkhulic
    • Tangkhul Naga: shai (“bridge”)
  • Greater Magaric
    • Chepangic
      • Chepang: ल्‍हयः, ⇒ ल्‍हयःसीङः
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