< Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-dzak
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
Etymology
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-dzak (Matisoff, STEDT)
Verb
*s-dzak
- to join
Descendants
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- *ʔdzik ⪤ *ʔdzak (“joint”) (Matisoff, 1972); *ʔ-dzakᴸ (Matisoff, 2003)
- Burmish
- Burmese: ဆက် (hcak, “to join, to connect”) (> အဆက် (a.hcak, “joint, connection; continuation, sequel”))
- Lolo-Burmese
See also
- *tsik (“joint”)
- *tu-n/t ~ du-n/t (“to join, to tie, to knot”)