Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/C-roq

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: *k/p/s-rwak (Matisoff, STEDT); *rwak (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *g-rwak (French, 1983)

A number of prefixes could be attached to this root, with each of the prefixes representing a contraction of another etymon. The *k- suffix was found in a number of other Lolo-Burmese (and rGyalrongic, per Prins 2011 and 2016) animal terms; the *s- prefix was a contraction of *sja‑n (“meat”); and the *p- suffix was a contraction of *bəw (“insect”).

Noun

*C-roq

1. ant

Reconstruction notes

According to Hill (2019), the initial consonant of this word was some sort of uvular stop.

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 蚼 /*qʰˤ(r)oʔ/ (B-S)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: གྲོག་མ (grog ma, “ant”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • rGyalrongic
    • possibly Situ: (kʰ)oroʔk
• Tani

  *ruk (Sun, 1993)

  • Western Tani
    • Apatani: taruʔ
    • Nyishi: tarup
  • Eastern Tani
    • Mising: taruk
• Nungish
  • Anong: sərɔ
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese

    *p-rwakᴴ (Matisoff, 2003)

    • Loloish
      • Lahu: pú-g̈ɔ̂ʔ
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ပုရွက် (pu.rwak, “ant”)