Abstract Baxter Baley & Hill, forthcoming) and rhyming evidence (Luó & Zhōu 1958) dated up to the Eastern Hàn 東漢 dynasty to establish an Old Chinese *‐ts reconstruction for words, respectively, transcribing a foreign ‐s or rhyming with other *‐ts words. In the present article, using a mix of network graph methods, graphic variants found in received and excavated texts, rhyme book glosses, and cognates in related languages, we demonstrate the validity of using Hàn 漢 rhyming material to reconstruct an OC *‐ts final. In the process, we propose new reconstructions for several characters previously reconstructed as *‐js by Baxter & Sagart. This proposal, in turn, opens the possibility of revisiting other syllable types and problematic reconstructions.
Julien Baley (Wed,) studied this question.