Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-miŋ

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mying  (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r-miŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Chou, 1972; Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972); *r/s-miŋ (Matisoff, 2003)

Noun

 * 1) name

Verb

 * 1) to name
 * 2) to order, to command

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: ,
 * Middle Chinese: ,
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: ("name") (míng, ),  ("to name, to order, to command") (mìng, )
 * Kuki-Chin:
 * ~, ~  (VanBik, 2009)
 * Central Chin
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * East Bodish
 * Written
 * Sal
 * Bodo-Garo
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Written