Bodman argues that the initials of Jie接、Jie捷and Ji缉in Old Chinese may be reconstructed as *st- according to Sino-Tibetan cognate words.However,evidence from both extant Chinese classics and excavated documents in ancient scripts suggest that the initials of these three words are related not only to laryngeal and velar consonants but also to sonorant liquids of *r- and *1-.Thus the initials concerned may better be reconstructed to *skl-,*sgl- and *skhl-.Their evolution formula are as follows:Jie接*skl->*st->t...