Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-tsoŋ

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: *btshoŋ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-tsuŋ ⪤ *b-tsoŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*b-tsoŋ

  1. onion

Descendants

  • Chinese: 葱 (OC /*tsʰˤoŋ/ (B-S), /*sʰloːŋ/ (ZS), “onion”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri

See also

  • *swa-n (“onion, garlic”)
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