Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/dV-waŋ

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: *dwa(ː)ŋ (STEDT)

The lack of an initial d in Kurtöp forces Jacques (2012) to reconstruct a whole pre-initial syllable.[1]

Noun

*dV-waŋ

  1. hole
  2. pit

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *(d)waŋ
    • Tibetic
      • Dzongkha: ཝང (wang)
      • Tibetan: དོང (dong)
    • East Bodish
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *dwaɣ
      • Naxi: dder (/⁠ɖɚ³³⁠/, “pit, pond”)
      • Narua: dduae (/⁠ɖwæ˥⁠/, “pond”)

References

  1. ^ Jacques, Guillaume (2013) “On pre-Tibetan semi-vowels”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, volume 76, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 289–300
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