STEDT Etymon #511
#511 PTB *m-(t)sin NAIL / CLAW |
This root was originally reconstructed as *m‑(t)sin in STC #74, with the remark that the PTB initial was “uncertain”. The reconstruction was revised to *m‑tsyen in note 24, expanded in note 122 (p. 37).
Several allofams must be posited: one with final *‑l (#514 PTB *m‑tsyal NAIL / CLAW), one with an open syllable (#515 PTB *m‑tsyey NAIL / CLAW), and one where the nasal prefix seems to have preempted the affricate initial (#513 PTB *m‑(y/r)in NAIL / CLAW).
A number of languages have reduced the initial affricate to a simple fricative, hence the parentheses around the t in the PAF.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 78629 | 511 | 185 | (s-)|yin | claw | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | French 83 | WTF-PNN | 469 | 0 | |
| 7702 | 511 | 175 | m-|(t)sin | nail | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Weidert 87 TBTo | AW-TBT | 290 | 0 | |
| 8277 | 511 | 175 | m-|(t)sin | fingernail | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Weidert 87 TBTo | AW-TBT | 761 | 0 | |
| 516015 | 511 | 2012 | m-|(t)sin | nail / claw | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Matisoff 03 HPTB | JAM-HPTB | 617 | 0 | |
| 72022 | 511 | 182 | m-|(t)sin | fingernail, toenail, claw | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | Benedict 72 STC | STC | 74 | 0 | |
| 60878 | 511 | 181 | m-|(t)sin=|*m-tsyen| | fingernail | *Tibeto-Burman | 2 | 0.1 | Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions) | 0 | LaPolla 87 | RJL-DPTB | 207 | 0 | |
| 619335 | p,511 | 2229 | m-[z/|ʒ]a[ː]n | NAIL (BODYPART) | *Central Naga | 63 | 1.3.1 | Central Naga (Ao Group) | 1 | Bruhn 14 PCN | DWB-PCN | III.176 | 0 | |
| 618227 | p,511 | 2205 | mu◦zi | nail | Sangtam | 63 | 1.3.1 | Central Naga (Ao Group) | 1 | Kumar 73 Sang | BBK-Sangtam | 0 | ||
| 618542 | p,511 | 2206 | nü◦zan | nail | Yimchungrü | 63 | 1.3.1 | Central Naga (Ao Group) | 1 | Kumar 73 Yim | BBK-Yim | 63 | 0 | |
| 4618 | p,511 | 1671 | ²mɯ◦²zan [¹] | nail | Yimchungrü | 63 | 1.3.1 | Central Naga (Ao Group) | 1 | Weidert 87 TBTo | AW-TBT | 290 | 0 |