Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tek

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: *tik (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-t(y)ik (STEDT)

The reflexes in rGyalrongic, which are linked here in Zhang, Jacques and Lai (2019), have highly divergent vowel reflexes compared to *kV-tek (“one”). It remains unexplained as to why this is the case.

Verb

*tek

  1. to drip

Noun

*tek

  1. drop (of liquid)

Descendants

  • Chinese: 滴 (OC *têk (Schuessler)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Bodish: *tʰik
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: tɯ-ntɕʰaʁ
      • Situ: rə-nthāk (Brag-bar), nthɐ̄k (Cogtse)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Southern Loloish
        • Mpi: [Term?] (/⁠tɯʔ²⁠/)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
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