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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ŋVt
Meaning: gnaw, bite
Chinese: 齧 *ŋhēt
Comments: Cf. Milang ŋot, LB *ŋat, Rourou ŋa.42 'bite'. Cf. PAN *ŋitŋit, *ŋatŋat, *ŋetŋet 'gnaw' (Sag. 38).
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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: niè
Preclassic Old Chinese: ŋhēt
Classic Old Chinese: ŋhēt
Western Han Chinese: ŋhjāt
Eastern Han Chinese: ŋhiāt
Early Postclassic Chinese: ŋhiēt
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ŋhiēt
Late Postclassic Chinese: ŋhiēt
Middle Chinese: ŋiet
English meaning : gnaw, crunch in the teeth [LZ]
Russian meaning[s]: кусать; грызть
Comments: For *ŋh- cf. Xiamen giet7, Fuzhou ŋiak7, ŋak7, Jianou ŋia7, ŋa7.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 211
Four-angle index: 973
Karlgren code: 0279 e.
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