Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(gʷ)ra

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

Compare Chinese 于 (OC /*ɢʷ(r)a/ (B-S)).

Verb

*(gʷ)ra

  1. to come

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt stops at a "Proto-East-Bodish" *ra.[1] But since Hill (2019) identified Tibetan འགྲོ ('gro) as cognate to Kurtöp ར (ra), it must be reconstructed to the Proto-Bodish level.
  • Note that outside of Tibetic, the labiovelar has gone missing.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Sherpa: འགྲོ ('gro)
    • Tibetan: འགྲོ ('gro)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ར (ra)
    • Dzala: ར (ra)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ར (ra)
    • Khengkha: ར (ra)
    • Kurtöp: ར (ra)

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 82
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