Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-dzak

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: *s-dzak (Matisoff, STEDT)

Verb

*s-dzak

  1. to join

Descendants

  • Lolo-Burmese: *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak (“joint”) (Matisoff, 1972); *ʔ-dzakᴸ (Matisoff, 2003)
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ဆက် (hcak, “to join, to connect”) (> အဆက် (a.hcak, “joint, connection; continuation, sequel”))

See also

  • *tsik (“joint”)
  • *tu-n/t ~ du-n/t (“to join, to tie, to knot”)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.