Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/prawk

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: *prakw (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *bruk (STEDT)

See Schuessler (2007: pp. 170-171) for the comparison.

Verb

*prawk

  1. to be speckled, variegated, spotted

Descendants

  • Chinese: 駁 / 驳 (OC *pˤrawk (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: pru (“to be speckled”)
  • Chepangic
    • ⇒ Chepang: ब्रुक्‌वाः (“speckled wood pigeon”)
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