Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(')tʰak

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.

Proto-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tək (“to weave”).

Noun

*(')tʰak

  1. to weave
  2. to grind, crush

Reconstruction notes

  • This is yet another Bodish verb (see also *za (“to eat”)) where there is *a ~ *o ablaut in Tibetan with East Bodish preserving an *o form.[1]

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: འཐག ('thag)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཏོག (tok, “to grind”)
    • ⇒ Dzala: ཕེ་ཏོ (pheto, “to grind”) (compound with ཕེ (phe, “flour”))
  • East Bodish

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, pages 133-134
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