Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(g)sum

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 *kV-sum.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  2 3 4  → 
    Cardinal: *(g)sum

*(g)sum[1]

  1. three

Reconstruction notes

  • The expected vowel in all non-Tibetic languages should be o. Only one Dakpa dialect attests this; all other Dakpa dialects and non-Tibetic languages have u under Tibetic influence.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: གསུམ (gsum)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: སོམ (som /⁠som55⁠/), [Term?] (/⁠sum53⁠/)
  • 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, page 93
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