Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-b/m-ruːl

Etymology
From *s- (animal prefix) + *b/m-rul ("snake". Might be related to the root *m-b-ruŋ/*m-b-ruk "dragon").
 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-b/m-ruːl (Matisoff, STEDT); *b-ruːl (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)



Noun

 * 1) snake

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  (dial.  > ) (B-S),  (ZS) ("pit viper; snake-brood")
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: ,
 * Cantonese
 * Guangzhou: ,
 * Min Nan
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Greater Magaric
 * Magaric
 * Kham
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese: (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Burmish
 * Written
 * Khomic
 * Lemi Chin:
 * Khimi Chin:
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Khomic
 * Lemi Chin:
 * Khimi Chin:
 * Northern
 * Central
 * Central
 * Central