Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-tawŋ

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: *s-tawŋ (STEDT), *s-toŋ (Matisoff, 2003; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

*s-tawŋ

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numerals
ONE	*ʔit *kat *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik
TWO	*g/s-ni-s
THREE	*g-sum
FOUR	*b-ləj
FIVE	*l/b-ŋa
SIX	*d-k-ruk
SEVEN	*s-ni-s
EIGHT	*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat
NINE	*d/s-kəw
TEN	*gip *ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
TWENTY	*m-kul
HUNDRED	*b-r-gja
THOUSAND	*s-tawŋ

1. thousand

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 眾, 衆 (“the masses; many, numerous”) /*tuŋ-s/ (B-S), /*tjuŋs/ (ZS)
  • Middle Chinese: 眾 (tsyuwngH)

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→ Japanese: 衆 (しゅう, ​shuu)
Korean: 중 (衆, jung)
Vietnamese: chúng (衆)

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: སྟོང (stong, “thousand”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗡞 (*tụ¹, “thousand”)
  • rGyalrongic
    • Situ: stoŋ(tso) (“thousand”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ထောင် (htaung, “thousand”), သောင်း (saung:, “ten thousand”) (?)
    • Proto-Loloish: *ʔ-toŋ¹ (“thousand”) (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꄙ (dur, “thousand”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Southern): ꓔꓴꓺ (tu̱, “thousand”)