Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rnuq

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: *s-nuw-k (Matisoff, 1983); *nukw (Coblin, 1986); [n]uq (Hill, 2019)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-nəw-k (STEDT)

Noun

*rnuq

  1. brain

Descendants

  • Chinese: 腦 / 脑 (OC /*nˤ[u]ʔ/ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Tangut: 𘟃 (*no²)
      • Khroskyabs: nɑ́ɣ
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: tɯ-rnoʁ
      • Situ: tə-rnōk (Cogtse), ta-rnōk (Brag-bar)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *Clu
      • ⇒ Naxi: gv'fvljjiq, gv'fvl
      • Narua: lhuq (/⁠ɬv̩˧˥⁠/)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *s-nukᴴ
    • Burmish
    • Proto-Loloish: *(C)-nokᴸ
      • Northern Loloish
        • ⇒ Nuosu: ꀑꆊ (o not)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: nu, ⇒ baw nu
  • Proto-Karen: *nokᴰ
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