Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-tsuŋ

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: *btshoŋ (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-tsuŋ ⪤ *b-tsoŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*b-tsuŋ

1. onion

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 葱 (*sʰloːŋ) /*tsʰˤoŋ/ (B-S), /*sʰloːŋ/ (ZS) (“onion”)
  • Middle Chinese: 葱 (tshuwng) (/tsʰuŋ/) (“onion”)

**:

→ Japanese: 葱 (そう, ​sō)
Korean: 총 (葱, chong)
Vietnamese: thông (葱)

• • • Mandarin:
      • Beijing: 葱 (cōng) /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ (“onion”)
    • Cantonese:
      • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: 葱 (cung¹) /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ (“onion”)
  • Min:
    • Coastal Min:
      • Min Nan:
        • Hokkien:
          • Xiamen: 葱 /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/ (“onion”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodish
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: བཙོང (btsong, “onion, scallion”), ཙོང (tsong, “onion”)

See also

• *swa-n (“onion, garlic”)