to bind, to tie (e.g. a horse);
system, department; um etwas gehen
Analyzability
unanalyzable
Age
Shang oracle bone inscriptions [22]
(-1400–-1050)
Register
General
Loanword Information
Borrowed status
5. no evidence for borrowing
Comments
Schuessler 2007: 526: related to xi4 系 ,to be attached, connected’’ Yijing, xi1 奚 ,slave, captive’ (Oracle bone inscriptions, Zhouli); ,other language families have words which may be connected: Proto-Miao-Yao: *kr- Austro-Asiatic Kharia kɛ’ĵ ,to fasten’
