Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(g)tik

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-tek.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
10
1 2  →  10  → 
    Cardinal: *(g)tik

*(g)tik

  1. one

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt omits the pre-initial at the Proto-Bodish level[1] for unexplained reasons.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: གཅིག (gcig)
    • Sherpa: གཅིག (gcig)
    • Sikkimese: གཅིག (gcig)
    • Tibetan: གཅིག (gcig)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠theʔ53, thi53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཐེ (the)
  • 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 116