Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-ruk

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: *dljəkʷ (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-k-ruk (Matisoff, 2003, STEDT); *d-kruk (Matisoff, 2003); *d-ruk (Chou, 1972; Benedict, 1972); *d-ruk ⪤ d-k-rok (LaPolla, 1987)

Numeral

*k-ruk

**Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers ^(edit)**
← 5	6	7 →
Cardinal: *k-ruk

six

Descendants

Chinese: 六 (OC /*k.ruk/ (B-S), /*rug/ (ZS), “six”) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Bodish: *kruk
- Tibetic
  - Dzongkha: དྲུག (drug)
  - Sherpa: དྲུག (drug)
  - Sikkimese: དྲུག (drug)
  - Tibetan: དྲུག (drug)
- Dakpa-Dzala
  - Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠kroʔ³⁵, grok³⁵⁠/)
  - Dzala: གྲོ (gro)
- East Bodish
  - Bumthangkha: གྲོག (grok)
  - Khengkha: གྲོ (gro)
  - Kurtöp: དྲོ (dro)
rGyalrongic
- West rGyalrongic
  - Horpa
    - Geshiza: wtɕʰəu
    - Tangut: 𗤁 (*tśhjiw¹, “six”)
  - Khroskyabs: ftɕú (Wobzi), xtɕêɣ (Siyuewu)
- East rGyalrongic
  - Japhug: kɯtʂɤɣ
  - Situ: (kə)tɽoʔk
Jingpho-Asakian
- Jingpho: kru (“six”)
Boro-Garo
- Garo: dok (“six”)
- Kokborok: dok (“six”)
- Atong (India): dok (“six”)/korok (“six”)
- → Bengali: ডগ (ḍog, “six”) (Eastern)
Lolo-Burmese
- Proto-Burmish: *kruk
  - Achang: khyuk
  - Burmese: ခြောက် (hkrauk, “six”)
- Loloish
  - Northern Loloish
    - Yi (Liangshan): ꃘ (fut, “six”)
Proto-Karen: *khrowᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
- S'gaw Karen: ဃု (xu)
- Western Pwo: ဎူၫ
Karbi: throk
→ Proto-Hmong-Mien: *kruk