Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsəwk

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

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *dzu[ː]k (Benedict, 1972); *m-(d)z(y)u(ː)k (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Verb

*tsəwk

  1. to insert, stick into

Descendants

  • Chinese: 鏃 / 镞 (OC *[ts]ˤok (B-S), “arrowhead”)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: འཛུགས ('dzugs, “to insert, plant”)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *ʔtsuk, *Ntsuk
  • Jingpho-Asakian:
    • Jingpho: chyawk (“to pierce”)
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