5.0 Culture, Artifacts, Religion > 5.11 Artifacts (unclassified as yet) > 5.11.6 Textile

#5555 PTB *krəw THREAD / STRING / PLAIT

Reconstructed mesoroots below:

This etymology is due to Gong (2001:25).

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
51521755552012krəwthread / string / plait*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5960
1799065555172ᴮɕustring (flowers, beads)*TGTM232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis9890
17990255551456²sjustring (beads...)vTamang (Risiangku)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis9890
17990355551462²sjustring (beads)Tamang (Sahu)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis9890
17990555551524⁵⁵'⁴⁴ɕuː-wʌstring (beadsThakali (Marpha)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis9890
17990455551530²sjustring (beads)Thakali (Tukche)232.1.4Tamangish1Mazaudon 94 TheseMM-Thesis9890
4406775555406krûithread, string, chainBurmese (Written)446.1.1Burmish1Benedict 76 WBurPKB-WBRD0
61061455552207plait, uniteChinese (Hanzi)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201114620
604952555522111064bplait, uniteChinese (GSR #)529Sinitic1BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201114620
60087855552210k<r>iwʔplait, uniteChinese (Old)539.0.1Old Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201114620
59680455552209kjiwXplait, uniteChinese (Middle)549.0.2Middle Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201114620
59273055552208jiūplait, uniteChinese (Mandarin)559.0.3Modern Chinese0BaxterSagart 2011WHBLS-201114620

Chinese comparandum


率 rut S368
roʔ {[r]oʔ} ‘thread’
Also see #2310 PTB *s‑kiː(l/r) BEND / WIND / TWIST / ROLL / CORNER