Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/dzawk

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: *m-dzəy (STEDT)

STEDT is incorrect to claim that cognates of the Naish words can only be found in Loloish and "Qiangic"; it is in fact decently widespread across Sino-Tibetan. This is due to STEDT placing the Burmese and Chinese cognates under Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-(d)z(y)u(ː)k (“to pierce”) (see entry), which cannot be correct as the regular correspondent to Old Chinese *aw in Tibetan is o, not the u in STEDT's erroneously selected Tibetan cognate འཛུགས ('dzugs).

The Burmese and Chinese forms are connected to each other by Schuessler (2007) and Hill (2012). In turn, the Burmese term is connected to the Tibetan and Naish forms by Li (2024).[1]

Noun

*dzawk

  1. chisel

Descendants

  • Chinese: 鑿 / 凿 (OC *[dz]ˤawk (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: གཟོང (gzong)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *ndzu (“chisel”)
      • Naxi: zzee
      • Narua: zzee
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠dzv˩⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese

References

  1. ^ Li, Zihe (2025) “Probing the Evolution History of Naish Languages with Reference to Tibetan, Burmese and Rgyalrong: The Open-Syllable Rhymes”, in Journal of Chinese Linguistics, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 56-97
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