Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/niŋ

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 *s-ni(ŋ~k).

Noun

*niŋ[1]

  1. year

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ནིང (ning)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ནིང (ning /⁠niŋ53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ནིང (ning)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: གནེང (gneng)
    • Khengkha: [script needed] ('neng)
    • Kurtöp: ནེ́ང ('neng)

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