Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/təŋ

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: *taŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012; LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

*təŋ

  1. pine
  2. fir

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 蒸 (zhēng) /*təŋ/ (B-S), /*kljɯŋ/ (ZS) ("brushwood")
    • Middle Chinese: 蒸 (zhēng) tsying (/t͡ɕɨŋ/) ("brushwood")
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 蒸 (zhēng, /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, “to steam”)
      • Yue
        • Cantonese: 蒸 (/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/, “to steam”)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: 蒸 (/t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, “to steam”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Tibetan: ཐང་ཤིང (thang shing, “pine, fir”); ཐང་ཆུ (thang chu, “resin, gum”)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *tʰaɣ
      • Naxi: to (/⁠tʰø³³⁠/)
      • ⇒ Narua: tozzee (/⁠tʰo˧dzi˩⁠/, “pine tree”), toxi (/⁠tʰo˧ɕi˧˥⁠/, “conifer forest”)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *taŋ

See also

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