Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-g(r)u

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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-g(r)u

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-g(r)u (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*s-g(r)u

1. elbow
2. cubit

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 肘 /*t-k⟨r⟩uʔ/ (B-S), /*tkuʔ/ (ZS) "elbow"
  • Middle Chinese: 肘 trjuwX (/ʈɨu^X/) "elbow"

• • →   Japanese:  肘 (ちゅう, ​chū)
          Korean:  주 (肘, ju)
          Vietnamese:  trửu (肘)

• • • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 肘 (zhǒu, /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴/, “elbow”)
    • Cantonese
      • Guangzhou: 肘 (/t͡sɐu̯³⁵/, “elbow”)
  • Min Nan
    • Xiamen: 肘 (/tiu⁵³/, “elbow”)
• Manipuri [Meitei]: খুদুপ (khudup, “cubit”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: གྲེ་མོ (gre mo, “elbow”), གྲུ (gru, “corner”), གྲུ་མོ (gru mo, “elbow”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗈒 (kjiwr, /*kʲiu̯ʳ³⁵/, “elbow”)