Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/sik

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 *srik.

Noun

*sik[1]

  1. louse

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཤིག (shig)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠ɕeʔ53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཤེ (she)
  • East Bodish
    • Bumthangkha: སེག (sek)
    • Khengkha: [script needed] ('se)
    • Kurtöp: སཱེ ()

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