Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/zuŋ

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

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Verb

*zuŋ

  1. to take
  2. to hold

Reconstruction notes

Bodt reconstructs a pre-initial *(b) at the Proto-Bodish level;[1] this cannot be correct, as the root is demonstrably *zuŋ < *dzuŋ.[2]

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: འཛིན ('dzin)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
  • 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
  2. ^ Hill, Nathan W. (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 27
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