Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/duk ~ tuk

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: *dəkw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *duk ⪤ *tuk (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

Root

*duk ~ tuk

  1. poison; poisonous, toxic; to poison

Descendants

  • Chinese: 毒 (OC /*dˤuk/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Proto-Bodish: *duk (see there for further descendants)
      • Lepcha: ᰌᰨᰭ (dok, “ill”) (?)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Tangut: 𗀀 (*do¹, “poison”)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Tshobdun: təɣʔ
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *ndu
      • Naxi: ddvq (/⁠(n)dv̩²¹⁠/)
      • Narua: dduq (/⁠dv̩˩˥⁠/)
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠ɖv̩˩⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese: /*ʔdok/ (Matisoff, 1972)
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: တောက် (tauk, “to suffer from toxicity, to be ill; to be poisonous”)
    • Loloish: Proto-Loloish: *dokᴸ (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꅋ (ddut, “poison; to be poisoned”)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
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