Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/zrjaŋ ~ rjaŋ
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *zryaŋ ⪤ *ryaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT); *źraŋ, *ryaŋ (Benedict, 1972); *źrɑŋ (Chou, 1972)
Noun
[edit]*zrjaŋ ~ rjaŋ
Descendants
[edit]- Old Chinese: 丈 (zhàng) /*draŋʔ/ (B-S), /*daŋʔ/ (ZS) ("old man")
- Himalayish
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Written Burmese: အရှင် (a.hrang, “master, lord, owner”)
- Burmish
- Lolo-Burmese
See also
[edit]- *maŋ (“big, elder, old”)
- *gəw-n ~ kəw-n (“elder brother, senior male relative”)