Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-wa-ŋ

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-wa, *hwaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Verb

*s-wa-ŋ

1. be in motion, go, come

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 于 /*ɢʷa/ (B-S; ZS) ("to go"), 往 /*ɢʷaŋʔ/ (B-S; ZS) ("to go")
  • Middle Chinese: 于 /ɦɨo/, 往 (ɦʉɐŋX)
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 于 (yú, /y³⁵/), 往 (wǎng, /u̯ɑŋ²¹⁴/)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: འོང་བ ('ong ba, “to come”), སོང (song) (past of འགྲོ་བ ('gro ba)), ཡོང་བ (yong ba, “to come”)
• Karbi: vang (vàŋ, “to come”)
• Chepangic
  • Chepang: वाङ्सा (waŋsa, “to come”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Tangut: 𘃽 (*ꞏo², “to enter”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmic
        • Written Burmese: ဝင် (wang, “to come in, to enter”), သွင်း (swang:, “to put into”), သွား (swa:, “to go”)
      • Maruic
        • Pela: vɔ̃⁵⁵ (“to enter”), fɔ̃³⁵ (“to put into”)
        • Lhao Vo: vao (“to enter”)
      • Hpon: vʀó (“to enter”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Nuosu: ꃹ (vur, “to enter”)
      • Southern Loloish
        • Hani: ol (ʔo⁵⁵), hhol (ɣo⁵⁵, “to enter”)

See also

• *grwat (“to go through, to travel”)