Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-dzak

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

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-dzak (Matisoff, STEDT)

Verb

*s-dzak

1. to join

Descendants

• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese

    *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak (“joint”) (Matisoff, 1972); *ʔ-dzakᴸ (Matisoff, 2003)

    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ဆက် (hcak, “to join, to connect”) (> အဆက် (a.hcak, “joint, connection; continuation, sequel”))

See also

• *tsik (“joint”)
• *tu-n/t ~ du-n/t (“to join, to tie, to knot”)