Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/(r)tsuʔ

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: (STEDT)

Sagart (2017) finds most of the comparisons given by Matisoff to be invalid; he does still accept cognacy between the Chinese and Tibetan terms, however.

Noun

*(r)tsuʔ

  1. grass

Descendants

  • Chinese: 草 (OC /*[tsʰ]ˤuʔ/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish: *rtsu-ba
    • Tibetic:
    • East Bodish:
      • Kurtöp: ཙ (tsa)
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