Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b-tsuŋ

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan

Etymology

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *btshoŋ (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *b-tsuŋ ⪤ *b-tsoŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*b-tsuŋ

  1. onion

Descendants

  • Old Chinese: 葱 (*sʰloːŋ) /*tsʰˤoŋ/ (B-S), /*sʰloːŋ/ (ZS) (“onion”)
    • Middle Chinese: 葱 (tshuwng) (/tsʰuŋ/) (“onion”)
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→ Japanese: 葱 (そう, ​sō)
Korean: 총 (葱, chong)
Vietnamese: thông (葱)

      • Mandarin:
        • Beijing: 葱 (cōng) /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ (“onion”)
      • Cantonese:
        • Guangzhou-Hong Kong: 葱 (cung1) /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/ (“onion”)
    • Min:
      • Coastal Min:
        • Min Nan:
          • Hokkien:
            • Xiamen: 葱 /t͡sʰaŋ⁴⁴/ (“onion”)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodish

See also

Wikious
Boobota
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