Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/'lak

This Proto-Bodish entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.
This Proto-Bodish entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *mə-l(j)ək, with the usual medial *j irregularly missing.

Verb

*'lak

  1. to lick

Reconstruction notes

Bodt claims that the Dakpa-Dzala forms have no cognates elsewhere in Bodish,[1] but Tibetan ལྡག (ldag) is trivially comparable if one accepts that the vowel irregularly failed to undergo the usual *a- > e shift.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: བལྡག (bldag), ⇒ ལྗགས (ljags)
    • Sikkimese: སླབ (slab), ⇒ ལྗགས (ljags)
    • Tibetan: ལྡག (ldag), ⇒ ལྗགས (ljags)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ངླག (nglak)
    • Dzala: ངླག (nglak)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 150
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