Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsaŋ

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: *dzang (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *C-(t)saŋ (STEDT)

Verb

*tsaŋ

  1. to conceal, keep secret

Descendants

  • Chinese: (see there for further descendants)
    • (OC *[ts]ˤaŋ-s (B-S), to bury)
    • (OC *m-tsʰˤaŋ (B-S), to hide, conceal)
    •  / (OC *tsʰˤaŋ (B-S), granary)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: གསང (gsang, to keep secret)
  • Lolo-Burmese