Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-ruk

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: *dljəkʷ (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *d-k-ruk (Matisoff, 2003, STEDT); *d-kruk (Matisoff, 2003); *d-ruk (Chou, 1972; Benedict, 1972); *d-ruk ⪤ d-k-rok (LaPolla, 1987)

Numeral

*k-ruk

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numbers ^(edit)

←  5	6	7  →
Cardinal: *k-ruk

1. six

Descendants

• Chinese: 六 (OC /*k.ruk/ (B-S), /*rug/ (ZS), “six”) (see there for further descendants)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: དྲུག (drug, “six”)
        • Dzongkha: དྲུག (drug)
        • Sikkimese: ཏུཀ (tuk)
      • Eastern Bodish:
        • Kurtöp: དྲོ (dro)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗤁 (*tśhjiw¹, “six”)
  • rGyalrongic
    • Situ: (kə)tɽoʔk
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: kru (“six”)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Garo: dok (“six”)
    • Kokborok: dok (“six”)
    • Atong (India): dok (“six”)/korok (“six”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ခြောက် (hkrauk, “six”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꃘ (fut, “six”)
• Proto-Karen: *khrowᴬ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: ဃု (xu)
  • Western Pwo: ဎူၫ
• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *kruk