< Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan < w(a

Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/w(a/u)

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: *sgwljaɣ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *w(a/u) (Matisoff, STEDT); *wa / *(b)wa (Weidert, 1987); *wa (Benedict, 1972)

Noun

*w(a/u)

  1. bird, fowl
  2. wing
  3. feather, plume
  4. egg

Descendants
  • Old Chinese: 羽 ("feather, wing, bird") /*ɢʷaʔ, ɢʷas/
    • Middle Chinese: 羽 (ɦɨoX, ɦɨoH)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: 羽 ("feather") (yǔ, /y²¹⁴/)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan
          • Written Tibetan: རྭ་མཆུ (rwa mchu, “beak, bill”)
  • *ʔu (“egg, bird”)

See also
  • *s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair, fur, feather”)
  • *bja ~ bra (“bird, bee”)
  • *s-ŋak (“bird”)
  • *lak ~ C-jak (“hand, arm, limb, wing”)
  • *d(w)əj (“egg, testicle”)
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