Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *təy (Chou, 1972)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *m-t(w)əy-n ⪤ *m-ti-s ("water / fluid / liquid / soak"), *twəy ⪤ dwəy ("water / egg / spit"), *twəy-n ("water / river"), *ti(y) ("water") (Matisoff, STEDT); *ti(y), *twiy (Benedict, 1972); *twəy (Chou, 1972)

Root

 * 1) water
 * 2) fluid, liquid
 * 3) to soak
 * 4) wet

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: ,
 * Middle Chinese: ,
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: (tì, ),  (yí, )
 * Kamarupan
 * Central
 * Khomic
 * Northern
 * "Naga"
 * Northern Naga
 * (French, 1983)
 * Tangkhulic
 * (Mortensen, 2012)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Mahakiranti
 * Kham-Magar-Chepang-Sunwar
 * Chepang: ("water")
 * Kiranti
 * Western Kiranti
 * Hayu: ("water")
 * Sal
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]: ,
 * Bodo-Koch
 * Bodo-Garo
 * Kokborok:
 * Garo:
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Loloish
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Loloish
 * Central Loloish
 * Lisu (Southern):
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)