Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/siŋ

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 *siŋ ~ sik.

Noun

*siŋ[1]

  1. wood
  2. tree

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: ཤིང (shing)
    • Sherpa: ཤིང (shing)
    • Tibetan: ཤིང (shing)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཤེང (sheng /⁠ɕeŋ55⁠/)
  • East Bodish

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 144