Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-ɢʷraʔ

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-grwa (STEDT)

    Noun

    *s-ɢʷraʔ

    1. feather

    Descendants

    • Old Chinese: 羽 ("feather, wing, bird") /*ɢʷaʔ, ɢʷas/
      • Middle Chinese: 羽 (ɦɨoX, ɦɨoH)
        • Modern Mandarin
          • Beijing: 羽 ("feather") (yǔ, /y²¹⁴/)
    • Himalayish
      • Tibeto-Kanauri
        • Bodic
          • Tibetan
            • Tibetan: སྒྲོ (sgro, “feather”)

    References

    • James A. Matisoff, editor (2015), The Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus
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