Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-sin

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *msyin (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-sin (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; French, 1983; Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987); *m-sin (*B) (Coblin, 1986)

Root

*m-sin

  1. liver
  2. bitter
  3. bile

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 辛 (xīn) /*sin/ (B-S), /*siŋ/ (ZS) ("pungent (in taste)")
    • Middle Chinese: 辛 (xīn) /siɪn/
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→ Japanese: 辛 (しん, ​shin)
Korean: 신 (辛, sin)
Vietnamese: tân (辛)

See also

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