Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(r)gal

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

The Tibetan word has been compared to Chinese 河 (hé, “the Yellow River”), but Sagart rejects this comparison on the basis that the Yellow River cannot be forded on foot. Sagart instead compares the Tibetan root to Chinese 羨 / 羡 (“to pass, exceed”).

Verb

*(r)gal[1]

  1. to cross or ford a river

Reconstruction notes

  • This verb generally means "to go" outside of Tibetic.
  • The Kurtöp descendant གེ (ge) is omitted by Bodt, even though Hyslop reconstructs a proto-form *gal for it. It should be included here, since it also simply means "to go" like the other non-Tibetic reflexes of this verb.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: རྒལ (rgal)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: གའི (ga'i /⁠gai35, ceʔ35⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: གའི (gai)
    • Khengkha: གའེ (ga'e)
    • Kurtöp: གེ (ge)

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 97
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