Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/glaŋ

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

Etymology 1

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*glaŋ

  1. ox
  2. elephant
Descendants
  • Boro-Garo
    • Kokborok: bɔ-lɔʔ (“ox”)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: wă⁵⁵ loŋ⁵¹ (“cowshed”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Western Himalayish
      • Bodic
        • Tshangla: laŋ (“ox”)
        • Tibetan
        • Lepcha
  • Qiangic
    • Gyalrongic
      • Tangut: [script needed] (khjwar, “old ox”)
      • Horpa: ʁloŋ (lu) (“year of the ox”)
    • Guiqiong: lɑ̃⁵⁵ (“year of the ox”)
    • Ersu: laŋ⁵³ (lu̵⁵³) (“year of the ox”)
    • Muya: lɑ⁵³ (ɣu²⁴) (“year of the ox”)
    • Northern Pumi: lɑ̃⁵⁵ (“year of the ox”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Nuosu: ꇌ (le, “ox”)
        • Lisu: la²¹ næ³³ (“black ox”)
  • Karenic
    • S'gaw Karen: [script needed] (glɔ³¹, “year of the ox”)

Etymology 2

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*glaŋ

  1. poplar
  2. willow
Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 楊 / 杨 (yáng) /*laŋ/ (B-S & ZS)
    • Middle Chinese: 楊 / 杨 (yáng) /jɨɐŋ/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 楊 / 杨 (yáng), 杨 (yáng, /i̯ɑŋ³⁵/, “poplar”)
      • Yue
        • Cantonese: 楊 / 杨 (yáng), 杨 (/jœːŋ²¹/, “poplar”)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: 楊 / 杨 (yáng), 杨 (/iũ²⁴/, “poplar”)
      • Zhangzhou: 楊 / 杨 (yáng), 杨 (/iõ¹³/, “poplar”)
  • Proto-Bodish: *kraŋ (see there for further descendants)
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