Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/kruk

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 *k-ruk.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  5 6 7  → 
    Cardinal: *kruk

*kruk[1]

  1. six

Reconstruction notes

The d- pre-initial in Tibetic and Kurtöp is irregular.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: དྲུག (drug)
    • Sherpa: དྲུག (drug)
    • Sikkimese: དྲུག (drug)
    • Tibetan: དྲུག (drug)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠kroʔ35, grok35⁠/)
    • Dzala: གྲོ (gro)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: གྲོག (grok)
    • Khengkha: གྲོ (gro)
    • Kurtöp: དྲོ (dro)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN