Where does “shi” come from?

shi (Jingpho) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj — ten.

shi (Jingpho): ten

Definitions

  1. ten

Ancestry of “shi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetants(j)i(j) ~ tsjajten
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj