Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/nat

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

For the comparison, see Hill (2019; p. 213).

Etymology

From *na (“to be ill”) +‎ *-t (nominalizer suffix).

Noun

*nat

  1. illness
  2. spirit

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *nat
    • Tibetic
      • Dzongkha: ནད (nad)
      • Tibetan: ནད (nad)
    • East Bodish
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: nat (“spirit, ancestral spirit”)
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