Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/krap

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: *krap/krəp (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *krap (Matisoff, STEDT)

Sagart (2021) clarifies that Old Chinese *e is to be reconstructed in both 甲 (jiǎ) and 介 (jiè). If this is correct, one would have to amend the reconstruction to something like *krjap.

Noun

*krap

  1. shell; shield
Descendants
  • Chinese: 甲 (*[k]ˁr[a]p (B-S); *kraːb (ZS), “shell”), 介 (/*kˤr[e]p-s/ (B-S))
    • Middle Chinese: 甲 (jiǎ) /kˠap̚/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 甲 (jiǎ) (jiǎ, /t͡ɕi̯a̠²¹⁴/)
      • → Proto-Common Turkic: *kāp
  • Bodish:
    • Tibetic:
      • Tibetan: ཁྲབ (khrab, “mail, shield”)
  • Lolo-Burmese:
    • Burmish: *ˀkyap (Hill, 2019)
      • Burmese: ချပ် (hkyap, “scales”)
      • Zaiwa: [Term?] (/⁠ˀkjap5⁠/)
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