Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-ŋurl

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: *dngjɨul (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ŋul = *(d-)ŋur (Matisoff, STEDT); *ŋul (Chou, 1972); *d-ŋul (LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

*d-ŋurl

  1. silver

Descendants

  • Chinese: 銀 / 银 (OC /*ŋrən/ (B-S), /*ŋrɯn/ (ZS), “silver; money”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ŋuun (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Mizo: ngûn (“name of a bracelet, tendril”)
  • Proto-Bodish: *(d)ŋul
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𘊟 (*ŋwo², “silver”)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: rŋɯl (“silver”)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *ŋu
      • Naxi: ngvq (/⁠ŋv̩²¹⁠/)
      • Narua: ngu (/⁠ŋv̩˧⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
    • Proto-Loloish: *C-ŋwe¹ (“silver”) (Bradley, 1979)

See also

  • *plu (“white, silver, money”)
  • *tsjak (“red, blood, gold”)
  • *grəj (“copper”)
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