Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/put

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: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *pʷut ⪤ *hwut (STEDT)

See Sagart (2021; part 1 and part 2) for the Chinese reflexes of this word family.

Noun

*put

  1. dust

Descendants

  • Chinese: 孛 (OC /*[b]ˤ[u]t(-s)/, “comet”), 勃 (OC /*[b]ˤut/, “powder(y)”), 嘒 (/*qʷʰˤi[t]-s/ (B-S), /*Cə-pʰˤut/ (Sagart 2021), “very small”), 彗 (/*s-[ɢ]ʷe[t]-s/ (B-S), /*sə-m-pʰˤut-s/ (Sagart 2021), “broom, comet”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Lolo-Burmese:
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *phut (“dust, powder”), *wut (“ashes, dust”)
    • Northeastern Kuki-Chin:
      • Thado Chin: vùt
    • Central Kuki-Chin:
      • ⇒ Lai: vutcam (“ash, potash”)
      • Mizo: vut
  • Tangkhulic:
    • Tangkhul Naga: petphut (“broom”)
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