Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/miŋ

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 *r-meŋ.

Noun

*miŋ[1]

  1. name

Reconstruction notes

Kurtöp apparently lost its inherited reflex *meng of this word as a standalone noun, instead borrowing མིང (ming) from Dzongkha. However, ཅོན་མེང (conmeng, “nickname”) does contain the expected inherited vowel reflex.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: མིང (ming, “name”)
    • Tibetan: མིང (ming)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: མེང (meng)
    • Khengkha: མེང (meng)
    • ⇒ Kurtöp: ཅོན་མེང (conmeng, “nickname”)

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 87
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