Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ni(ː)ŋ ~ s-nik

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *s-niːŋ (Chou, 1972); *ning (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-ni(ː)ŋ ⪤ *s-nik (Matisoff, STEDT); *niŋ (Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972); *s-niŋ (Weidert, 1987; LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

 * 1) year
 * 2) harvest

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing: (nián, )
 * Cantonese
 * Guangzhou:
 * Wu
 * Shanghai:
 * Min
 * Min Nan
 * Taiwan:  (colloquial),  (literary)
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written (> )
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Drung/Dulong:
 * (Luangthongkum, 2013)
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Khomic
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Khomic
 * Khomic
 * Khomic