Reconstruction:Proto-Naish/Cru

This Proto-Naish 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-Naish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *(C)rup. Cognate to Tibetan འདྲུབ ('drub, to sew), Burmese ချုပ် (hkyup, to sew), and Japhug tʂɯβ (to sew).

Verb

*Cru

  1. to sew

Descendants

  • Naxi: reeq
  • Narua: ruq (/⁠ʐv̩˧˥⁠/)
  • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠ʐv̩˩⁠/)

Further reading

  • Jacques, Guillaume; Michaud, Alexis (2011), “Approaching the historical phonology of three highly eroded Sino-Tibetan languages: Naxi, Na and Laze”, in Diachronica[1], volume 28, number 4, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 468–498