Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/naŋ

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 *naŋ.

Noun

*naŋ[1]

  1. inside

Reconstruction notes

Bodt omits the Dzala and Kurtöp descendants.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ནང (nang)
    • Tibetan: ནང (nang)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ནེང (neng /⁠neŋ55⁠/)
    • ⇒ Dzala: ནེང་ཀེ (nengke), ནེང་ཁ (nengkha), ནེང་ང (nengnga)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: ནང (nang)
    • Khengkha: [script needed] (nang o)
    • Kurtöp: ནང (nang)

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 122
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