Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/qəw

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.
This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *ʔəw-ŋ (STEDT)

The initial consonant is ambiguous between *q and *ʔ from Chinese and Lolo-Burmese alone.

The rGyalrongic words meaning "bowl" have not yet been assigned to a root by scholars, but given the semantics of Chinese 甌 / 瓯 (ōu) that is still compared to the Lolo-Burmese word, the rGyalrongic roots probably belong here; if this is correct, the rGyalrongic reflexes would settle the initial as *q-.

Noun

*qəw

  1. bowl
  2. pot

Descendants

  • Chinese
    • Chinese: 甌 / 瓯 (*ʔô (Schuessler), *qˁo (STEDT, converting to B-S), “small bowl”) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Geshiza: qʰuə
        • Tangut: 𗝎 (*khu¹)
      • Khroskyabs: qʰû (base word), qʰəzə́ (diminutive)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: khɯtsa (fossilized diminutive)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *u
      • ⇒ Naxi: eelssee
      • Narua: vu
      • ⇒ Laze: [Term?] (/⁠v˧ mie˧⁠/)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
    • Proto-Loloish: *ʔo²
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