Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-tawŋ

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-tawŋ (STEDT), *s-toŋ (Matisoff, 2003; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

*s-tawŋ

**Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers ^(edit)**
^{[a], [b], [c], [d]} ← 1	← 100	1,000
Cardinal: *s-tawŋ

thousand

Descendants

Old Chinese: 眾, 衆 (“the masses; many, numerous”) /*tuŋ-s/ (B-S), /*tjuŋs/ (ZS)
- Middle Chinese: 眾 (tsyuwngH)
  → Japanese: 衆 (しゅう, shuu)
  Korean: 중 (衆, jung)
  Vietnamese: chúng (衆)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Tibetan: སྟོང (stong, “thousand”)
    - East Bodish:
      - Kurtöp: ཏྲོང (trong)
rGyalrongic
- West rGyalrongic
  - Tangut: 𗡞 (*tụ¹, “thousand”)
- East rGyalrongic
  - Situ: stoŋ(tso) (“thousand”)
Naic
- Proto-Naish: *tu
  - Naxi: dvq (/⁠tv̩²¹⁠/)
  - Narua: du (/⁠tv̩˧⁠/)
Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
  - Burmese: ထောင် (htaung, “thousand”), သောင်း (saung:, “ten thousand”) (?)
- Proto-Loloish: *ʔ-toŋ¹ (“thousand”) (Bradley, 1979)
  - Northern Loloish
    - Yi (Liangshan): ꄙ (dur, “thousand”)
  - Central Loloish
    - Lisu (Southern): ꓔꓴꓺ (tu̱, “thousand”)