Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-merl

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-myal (STEDT)

Sagart (2022), who believes in Sino-Austronesian, compares this to Proto-Austronesian *qimiR (“cheek”).

Noun

*sV-merl

  1. face

Descendants

  • Chinese: 面 (OC *C.me[n]-s (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Nungish
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *hmeel
    • Northeastern Chin
      • Thado Chin: mel
    • Central Chin
      • Falam Chin: hmel
      • Mizo: hmêl
  • Jingpho-Asakian
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