Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kjaŋ
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *kyaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)
There is perhaps a codaless variant, which may be an allofam or a product from the confusion with other species of Zingiberaceae (e.g. galangal); compare Tibetan སྒ (sga) (whence སྒེའུ (sge'u), སྒ་སྐྱ (sga skya)) ~ ལྒ (lga) ~ རྒ (rga) ("ginger"), Japanese 生姜 (shōga, “ginger”), Proto-Bahnaric *kjaː₁ (“ginger”), Thai ข่า (kha, “galangal”), Lao ຂ່າ (khā, “galangal”).
It is unknown how this relates to
- Proto-Vietic *s-gəːŋ ~ s-kəːŋ (“ginger”)
- > Vietnamese gừng / gầng
- Proto-Hmongic *qʰinᴮ ("ginger")
- Proto-Mienic *kʰjuŋᴬ ("ginger") (possibly a Chinese loan)
- Proto-Tai *χiːŋᴬ (“ginger”)
- Proto-Hlai *kʰɯːŋ (“ginger”)
- Proto-Kam-Sui *kaŋ (“ginger”) (possibly a Chinese loan)
- Lakkia ɦiŋ² (“ginger”)
- Khmer ខ្ញី (kɲəj, “ginger”).
- Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci), Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñci vēr)
- > Tamil இஞ்சி (iñci), Sanskrit शृङ्गवेर (śṛṅgavera), Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερῐς (zingíberis), English ginger
Noun
[edit]*kjaŋ
Descendants
[edit]- Old Chinese: 䕬 (jiāng) /*kaŋ/ (B-S; ZS) ("ginger")
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→ Japanese: 姜 (きょう, kyō)
Korean: 강 (薑, gang)
Vietnamese: khương (薑)
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→ Japanese: 生姜 (しょうが, shōga)
Korean: 생강 (生薑, saenggang)
Vietnamese: sinh khương (生薑)