Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sij

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *syid (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *səy (Matisoff, STEDT; French, 1983); *səy, *siy (Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972); *siy = *səy (LaPolla, 1987); *siy (Benedict, 1972; Michailovsky, 1991); *syiy(?) (Coblin, 1986)

Chinese 屍 / 尸 (“corpse”) perhaps belongs here too.

*sij

1. to die

• Chinese: 死 (/*sijʔ/ (B-S); /*l̥jiʔ/ (ZS), “to die”) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Bodish: *si
  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ཤི (shi)
    • Sherpa: ཤི (shi)
    • Sikkimese: འཆི ('chi), ཤི (shi)
    • Tibetan: འཆི ('chi) (present), ཤི (shi) (past)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཤི (shi /⁠ɕi⁵⁵⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཤི (shi)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: སེ (se)
    • Khengkha: སེ (se)
    • Kurtöp: སེ (se)
• rGyalrongic
  • West rGyalrongic
    • Tangut: 𗈶 (*sjɨ¹, “to die”), 𗴨 (*sjɨ̣¹, “to die”)
  • East rGyalrongic
    • Japhug: si
    • Situ: (ka)ʃi, -ʃu
    • Tshobdun: set
• Naic
  • Proto-Naish: *rsi
    • Naxi: shee (/⁠ʂɯ˧⁠/)
    • Narua: shi (/⁠ʂɯ˧⁠/)
    • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠sɯ˩⁠/)
• Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *səj¹ (“to die”)
  • Proto-Burmish: *ʃi
    • Achang: shei
    • Burmese: သေ (se, “to die”)
  • Proto-Loloish: *ʃe² (“to die”)
    • Northern Loloish
      • Nuosu: ꌦ (sy, “to die; to extinguish, to smother”)
    • Central Loloish
      • Lisu: ꓫꓵꓺ (ʃɨ̱, “to die”)
      • Lipo: 𖼳𖽡𖾐 (“to die”)
      • Lolopo: si (“to die”)
• Boro-Garo
  • Garo: sia
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho: si (“to die”)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thii, *thiʔ (“to die”)
  • Central Chin
    • Mizo: thi, thih (“to die”)
• Proto-Karen: *sejᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: သံ (thee, “to die, to perish”)
  • Pa'o Karen: သီ
  • Western Pwo: ၥံၫ
  • Western Kayah: ꤞꤛꤢꤩ꤭ (thyē)
• Tujia
  • Northern Tujia: [Term?] (/⁠siě35⁠/)
  • Southern Tujia: [Term?] (/⁠sie33⁠/)
• Proto-Central Naga: *səj
  • Ao: asü
• Kho-Bwa
  • Proto-Puroik: *ii
  • Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *i
• Newaric
  • Classical Newar: 𑐳𑐶𑐔
  • Baram-Thangmi
    • Baraamu: सिगो
    • Thangmi: सिसा
• Pyu (Myanmar): hi

• *g/b-sat (“to kill”)
• *sreŋ (“to live, alive, green, raw, to give birth”)