Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-tok

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-twak (STEDT)

This root is well-attested in Lolo-Burmese and other branches of the family. However in some languages it has been specialized to refer to animal births.

Benedict and STEDT's derivation of Chinese 出 (chū) from this verb must be rejected due to being phonologically incompatible.

Verb

*sV-tok

  1. to go out
  2. to leave
  3. to emerge

Descendants

  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • >? Achang: thuq (“to come out, gush”), doq (“to rise, go up”), toqh (“to elevate, raise”)
      • Burmese: ထွက် (htwak, “go out; leave”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *tshuak
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *ʃok
    • Tangkhul Naga: kashok
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