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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *šVɫV́ ( ~ ć̣-)
Meaning: bad; to assault
Sino-Tibetan: *ś(r)uaɫ
Yenisseian: *sel- (~-r-)
Comments and references : NSC 64 *ǯVɫV ( ~ ć̣-).
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ś(r)uaɫ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: assault, take by force
Chinese: 篡 *chrōns take by force, usurp ( < *t-srōns ?).
Kachin: gǝšun3 to coerce, extort, take by force, (H) mǝšun to snatch.
Lushai: sual bad, naughty, wicked, sinful; to criminally assault (a woman); be in trouble to others through ill health; to sufficiently poison (a pool).
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Character: 篡
Modern (Beijing) reading: cuàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: shrōns
Classic Old Chinese: shrwānh
Western Han Chinese: ṣhwānh
Eastern Han Chinese: ṣhwānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: ṣhwạ̄̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ṣhwạ̄̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: ṣhwạ̄̀n
Middle Chinese: c̣hwạ̀n
English meaning : to capture, occupy, usurp [L.Zhou]
Russian meaning[s]: узурпировать, захватить
Comments: Also read soán in Viet. Regular Sino-Viet. is thoán.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 118
Four-angle index: 8649
Karlgren code: 0174 e
Vietnamese reading: choán
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *sel- (~-r-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: bad
Ket: śēĺ (South.); North. śēĺi1
Yug: sel / sejl1
Pumpokol: selem (Срсл.) "badly"; seĺ (Срсл.) "badly (böse)"; seleḿ (Срсл.) "badly (schlecht)" (?)
Comments: ССЕ 271. All Pumpokol forms are most probably Yug. Werner 2, 191 *selǝ.
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