Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/krəw

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *n/g-[r]u-(ŋ/k) ⪤ *n/g-[r]wa-ŋ/k, *d-krəw (Matisoff, STEDT); *g-ruŋ ~ gruŋ, *krəw-k, *rwa(ŋ) (Matisoff, 2003); *kruw, *rwaŋ (Michailovsky, 1991); *kruw (LaPolla, 1987); *kruw, *ruŋ ~ *rwaŋ (Benedict, 1972); *ruŋ (Chou, 1972); *ruŋ ~ *rwaŋ (Weidert, 1987)
[1] Goat with spiral horns.

Noun[edit]

*krəw

  1. horn
  2. angle
  3. corner

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Chinese: (*C.kˁrok (B-S), *kroːg (ZS), horn, angle, corner), (*kʷraːŋ (ZS), ancient wine vessel made of horn)
    • Middle Chinese: /kɣʌk/, (gōng) /kwɣæŋ/

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Japanese:  (かく, ​kaku)
Korean:  (, gak)
Vietnamese: giác ()

    • Vietnamese: góc (corner)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (jiăo) /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ (colloquial), jué /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/ (literary); (jiăo, dumpling) /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/; (gōng) /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: རྭ (rwa) ~ རུ (ru, horn, antler), ཁུག (khug, nook, corner)
    • Mahakiranti
  • Sal
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
      • Proto-Loloish: *kro¹ (Bradley, 1979)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): (fu, horn)

See also[edit]