Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-r(j)ik

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *sryik (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-r(y)ik (Matisoff, STEDT); *s-rik (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *s-rik = *śrik (Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987), *śrik (Coblin, 1986)

Noun



 * 1) louse

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:, )
 * Cantonese
 * Guangzhou:
 * Kamarupan
 * (VanBik, 2009)
 * Central Chin
 * Khomic
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * (per Schuessler, 2007), (per STEDT)
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * (per Schuessler, 2007), (per STEDT)