Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/təŋ

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: *taŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Mortensen, 2012; LaPolla, 1987)

Noun

*təŋ

1. pine
2. fir

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 蒸 (zhēng) /*təŋ/ (B-S), /*kljɯŋ/ (ZS) ("brushwood")
  • Middle Chinese: 蒸 (zhēng) tsying (/t͡ɕɨŋ/) ("brushwood")
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 蒸 (zhēng, /ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/, “to steam”)
    • Yue
      • Cantonese: 蒸 (/t͡sɪŋ⁵⁵/, “to steam”)
  • Min Nan
    • Xiamen: 蒸 (/t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/, “to steam”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཐང་ཤིང (thang shing, “pine, fir”); ཐང་ཆུ (thang chu, “resin, gum”)
• Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *taŋ
  • Burmish
    • Burmese: ထင်း (htang:, “firewood, stain”)

See also

• *siŋ ~ sik (“tree”)