Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/saŋ

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

See Zhang, Jacques and Lai (2019) for the link between the Chinese and rGyalrongic forms.

Verb

*saŋ

  1. to think

Descendants

  • Chinese: (OC *[s]aŋʔ) (see there for further descendants)
  • rGyalrongic
    • West rGyalrongic
      • Horpa
        • Geshiza: ntsʰə
        • Tangut: 𗾫 (*sji̱j²)
      • Khroskyabs: ntsʰə̂ (to think) (with autobenefactive N-)
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: sɯso (to think)
      • Situ: ka-səsō (to think)