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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-tsuŋ

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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: *btshoŋ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-tsuŋ ⪤ *b-tsoŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*b-tsuŋ

  1. onion

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 葱 /*tsʰˤoŋ/ (B-S), /*sʰloːŋ/ (ZS) ("onion")
    • Middle Chinese: 葱 tshuwng (/tsʰuŋ/) ("onion")

    • →   Japanese:  葱 (そう, ​sō)
            Korean:  총 (葱, chong)
            Vietnamese:  thông (葱)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 葱 (cōng, /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, “onion”)
      • Cantonese
        • Guangzhou: 葱 (/t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/, “onion”)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: 葱 (/t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/, “onion”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodish

See also
  • *swa-n (“onion, garlic”)
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