Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t

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: *p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t (Matisoff, STEDT); *b(l)at/n (LaPolla, 1987)

Related to *bjar ~ pjar (“to braid, to plait”).

Verb

*p(r)an/t ~ b(r)an/t

to plait, to braid, to interweave

Descendants

Old Chinese: 編 (*pen, *pˁen, (*pˁenʔ) (B-S, one unlisted), *pen, *peːn, *peːnʔ, “to plait, to weave”)
(→ exopassive) 辮 (*bˁenʔ (B-S, unlisted), *beːnʔ, “a braid of hair, pigtail”)
- Middle Chinese: 編 (piᴇn, pen, penX), 辮 (benX)

- →   Japanese:  編 (へん, hen)
        Korean:  편 (編, pyeon)
        Vietnamese:  biên (編)

- - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 編 (biān, /pi̯ɛn⁵⁵/), 辮 (biàn, /pi̯ɛn⁵¹/)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  *pan¹^/² ⪤ *CⓋ-pat (Matisoff, 1985)
  - Burmish
    - Lhao Vo: [script needed] (tshɛ̃³¹ pəŋ³⁵, “braid, plait”)
    - Burmese: ဆံပင် (hcampang, “hair (of head)”) (?)
    - Atsi [Zaiwa]: /tsham⁵¹ pan²¹/ ("braid (hair)")
  - Loloish: *phrjaʔᴸ (Lama, 2012)
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꏶ (jyt, “to braid, to plait”)
    - Central Loloish
      - Lisu (Southern): ꓒꓬꓱꓽ (pʰjø̀, “to plait, to braid (hair)”)