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

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”)