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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-jak ~ g-jaŋ

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: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-ya(k/ŋ) (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun
Domestic yak (Bos grunniens)

*g-jak ~ g-jaŋ

  1. sheep, yak

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 羊 /*ɢaŋ/ (B-S), /*laŋ/ (ZS) ("sheep, goat")
    (in the oracle bone script)
    • Middle Chinese: 羊 /jɨɐŋ/

    • →   Japanese:  羊 (よう, ​yō)
            Korean:  양 (羊, yang)
            Vietnamese:  dương (羊)

      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 羊 (yáng), /iɑŋ³⁵/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: གཡག (g.yag, “yak”) (see there for further descendants)
        • Lepcha: ᰚᰩᰭ (yók)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Naxi: y²¹ (“sheep”)
    • Lolo-Burmese
      • Burmish
        • Pela: jɔ̃⁵⁵ (“goat”)
      • Loloish: *ʒo¹ (“sheep”) (Bradley, 1979)
  • Bai
    • Bai: yon (“sheep”)
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