Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/w(a/u)

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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: *sgwljaɣ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *w(a/u) (Matisoff, STEDT); *wa / *(b)wa (Weidert, 1987); *wa (Benedict, 1972)

Noun[edit]

*w(a/u)

  1. bird, fowl
  2. wing
  3. feather, plume
  4. egg

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Chinese: ("feather, wing, bird") /*ɢʷaʔ, ɢʷas/
    • Middle Chinese: (ɦɨoX, ɦɨoH)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: ("feather") (, /y²¹⁴/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: རྭ་མཆུ (rwa mchu, beak, bill)

Related terms[edit]

  • *ʔu (egg, bird)

See also[edit]