Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/ndzi

This Proto-Naish 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-Naish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzaʔ, but with an anomalous change of the vowel to *i (possibly by fusion with a suffix). See also *dza (“wheat”), derived from the same root.

Verb

*ndzi

  1. to eat

Descendants

  • Naxi: zzee
  • Narua: zzi

Further reading

  • Jacques, Guillaume, Michaud, Alexis (2011) “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica‎[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498
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