Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-naːj ~ s-nej

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *nyɨy (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-naːy ⪤ *s-ney (Matisoff, STEDT); *ney (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Chou, 1972)

Adjective

*s-naːj ~ s-nej

  1. to be near, close

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 邇／迩 (*neʔ (B-S); *njelʔ (ZS)); 昵 (*nrit (B-S); *nig (ZS))
    • Middle Chinese: 邇／迩 (ȵiᴇX); 昵 (ɳɣiɪt)
      • Modern Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 邇／迩 (ěr, “near”) (ěr, /ˀɤɻ²¹³/); 昵 (“close, intimate; relatives”) (nì, /ni⁵¹/)
  • Himalayish:
    • Tibeto-Kanauri:
      • Bodic:
        • Tibetan:
          • Written: Tibetan: ཉེ་བ (nye ba, “near”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi:
    • Lolo-Burmese:
      • Burmish:
        • Written: Burmese: နီး (ni:, “near”)
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