Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/glaŋ

< Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/glaŋ

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 1

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*glaŋ

1. ox
2. elephant

Descendants

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Western Himalayish
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: གླང (glang, “ox”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Sichuan Yi: ꇌ (le, “ox”)

Etymology 2

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*glaŋ

1. poplar
2. willow

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 楊 /*laŋ/ (B-S & ZS)
  • Middle Chinese: 楊 /jɨɐŋ/
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 楊, 杨 (yáng, /i̯ɑŋ³⁵/, “poplar”)
    • Yue
      • Cantonese: 楊, 杨 (/jœːŋ²¹/, “poplar”)
  • Min Nan
    • Xiamen: 楊, 杨 (/iũ²⁴/, “poplar”)
    • Zhangzhou: 楊, 杨 (/iõ¹³/, “poplar”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ལྕང་མ (lcang ma, “willow”)