Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/ljeq

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

Reconstruction

See Jacques & Stevens (2024).[1] The similarity of the Tani and Chinese to Proto-Mon-Khmer *lik is well-known. Schuessler and Sun believe the Tani and Chinese are borrowed from Austroasiatic, while Sagart, Jacques et al. believe that Austroasiatic borrowed from Sino-Tibetan.

Noun

*ljeq

  1. pig
    Synonym: *C-pək

Descendants

  • Chinese: 豕 (OC *l̥[aj]ʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tani: *rjek

References

  1. ^ Jacques, Guillaume; Stevens, Chris (2024), “Linguistic, archaeological and genetic evidence suggests multiple agriculture-driven migrations of Sino-Tibetan speakers from Northern China to the Indian subcontinent”, in Quaternary International, volume 711, →DOI, pages 1–20
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