Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsjək

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]

Noun

*tsjək

  1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica)

Descendants

  • Chinese: 稷 (OC *[ts]ək (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Nungish
    • Drung: chaq
    • Rawang: vsaq
  • Kho-Bwa
    • Chug: nyingchak (“broomcorn millet”)
    • Proto-Western Kho-Bwa: *nʲiŋ-tsʰʲak (“broomcorn millet”)

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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