Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b/g-raŋ

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

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-raŋ ⪤ *g-raŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*g-raŋ

breast, chest

Descendants

Old Chinese:
- 膺 (OC *qɯŋ, “breast(plate); to undertake, attack”)
- 應 (OC *qɯŋ, *qɯŋs, “to face, respond”)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: བྲང (brang, “chest, breast”)
Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
  - Tangut: 𗏘 (*ɣar², “chest”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Written Burmese: ရင် (rang, “breast, chest”)