Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tVŋ

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: *stɨng (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *diŋ (“top; summit”), *s-tyaŋ (“upper part; rise; raise”) (Matisoff, STEDT)

Related to *l‑t(j)ak (top; above; climb) (STEDT).

Root

*tVŋ

  1. upper part; rise; raise; top; summit

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: (OC *djaŋʔ, *djaŋs), (OC *teːŋʔ), (OC *tiːn), (OC *tiːn), (OC *tɯːŋ), (OC *tɯːʔ, *tɯːŋʔ), (OC *ɡljɯŋ), (OC *ɡljɯŋ, *ɡljɯŋs), (OC *kljɯŋʔ), (OC *kljɯŋ, *kljɯŋs), (OC *tʰjɯŋ, *tʰjɯŋs)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
  • Lolo-Burmese
  • Proto-Karen: *thaŋᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)