Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-hjwəj-t

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *shwiʔ (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-hywəy-t (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-hwiy (Benedict, 1972); *(s-)h(y)wə[ː]y  (French, 1983); *s-hwiy(*B) (Coblin, 1986)

This word now means "marrow" in some Tibeto-Burman languages. Chinese (suǐ < OC *s-lojʔ, "marrow") has also been (possibly incorrectly) assigned as a reflex of this root.

Noun

 * 1) blood

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: ("blood") (literary: xuè, ; colloquial: xiě, )
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written ,
 * Newar
 * Newar (Dolakhali):
 * Newar (Kathmandu):
 * Mahakiranti
 * Kiranti
 * Eastern Kiranti = Rai
 * Western Kiranti
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Burmish
 * (Bradley, 1979; Weidert, 1987)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Burmish
 * (Bradley, 1979; Weidert, 1987)
 * Northern Loloish
 * Yi (Liangshan):
 * Central Loloish
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)