Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/qrak

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: *krak (STEDT)

Root

*qrak

  1. red
  2. blood

Descendants

  • Chinese: 赤 (OC *[t-qʰ](r)Ak, “red”), 赫 (OC *qʰˤrak, “bright red”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish: *kʰrak
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • >? Burmese: ရှက် (hrak) (placed here by Hill 2019; it is much more likely to actually come from *srək)
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