Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sar

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: *gsjar (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-sar (STEDT)

Verb

*sar

  1. to be new, fresh

Descendants

  • Chinese:  / (OC *[s][a]r (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *(g)sar
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: གསར (gsar)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: སེ་རོ (sero)
      • Dzala: སེ་རུ (seru)
    • East Bodish
      • Bumthangkha: སར (sar)
      • Khengkha: སར་པ (sarpa)
      • Kurtöp: སར་ཝ (sarwa)
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: sɤr
      • Situ: kə-tsâr
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *sel
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: (sa., to keep in shape, sharpen)
  • Nungish
    • Drung: svr
    • Rawang: shv́r, àngshv́r
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *saːr
  • Proto-Central Naga: *a-saːn
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *tʰar
    • Tangkhul Naga: kathar (fresh)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *thar
  • Proto-Karen: *saNᴬ