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Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/taŋ

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

Noun

*taŋ

  1. pine
  2. fir

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 蒸 /*təŋ/ (B-S), /*kljɯŋ/ (ZS) ("brushwood")
    • Middle Chinese: 蒸 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”)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese:
      *taŋ² (Matisoff, 2003)

See also
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