Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/r-dul ~ r-tul

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: *rdjiul (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r-dul ⪤ *r-tul (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*r-dul ~ r-tul

dust

Descendants

Old Chinese: 塵 /*drən/ (B-S); /*rdɯn/ (ZS) ("dust, dirt")
- Middle Chinese: 塵 /ɖɣiɪn/
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 塵 (chén, /ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/)
  - Cantonese: 塵 (can, /t͡sʰɐn²¹/)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: རྡུལ (rdul, “dust, particle”)