Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/kraŋ

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 *glaŋ, cognate to Chinese  / (yáng).

Noun

*kraŋ[1]

  1. willow

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: གླང་མ (glang ma), ལྕང་མ (lcang ma)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠klaŋ35ɕeŋ55⁠/)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ཀྲང་མའི (krangmai), ཞང་མའི (zhangmai), ཞྲང་མའི (zhrangmai)
    • Khengkha: ཆང་མ (changma)
    • Kurtöp: ཅང་མ (cangma)

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 146