Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/səwr

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: *suːr ⪤ *swaːr (Chou, 1972; Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

The rGyalrong comparanda in Zhang, Jacques and Lai (2019) do not belong here; they are probably instead loans from Tibetan སྐྱུར་བ (skyur ba).

Bears an uncanny resemblance to Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”).

Verb

*səwr

  1. to be sour

Descendants

  • Chinese: 酸 (OC *[s]ˤor (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thu(u)r
  • Proto-Central Naga: *a-san
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *tʰuur
    • Tangkhul Naga: kathur
  • Karbi: kethor
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