Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tsa

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms 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: *dzar/tsar (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tsa (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972)

Root

*tsa

1. salt, salty, salted

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) /*ɴ-tsˤaj/ (B-S), /*zlaːl/ (ZS) ("salt")
  • Middle Chinese: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) /dzɑ/
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 鹺／鹾 (cuó) (cuó, /t͡sʰu̯ɔ³⁵/)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: ཚྭ (tshwa, “salt”)
        • Sherpa: ཚྭ (tshwa)
      • Eastern
        • Kurtöp: ཚ (tsha)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Tangut: 𗰃 (*tshjɨ², “salt”)
  • Qiangic
    • Northern Qiang: ce
    • rGyalrongic
      • Situ: tsʰe (“salt”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmic
        • Burmese: ဆား (hca:, “salt”) /sʰá/
        • Achang: tɕhɔ³¹ (“salt”) (Longchuan)
      • Maruic
        • Pela: tʰa³⁵ (“salt”)
        • Lhao Vo: xo꞉ (“salt”)
        • Zaiwa: co (“salt”)
        • Lashi: xoo” (“salt”)
    • Loloish
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꋂ (ce, “salt”)
      • Central Loloish
        • Lisu (Northern): ꓞꓽ ꓐꓳꓺ (tsʰɑ̀ bo̱, “salt”), ꓞꓼ ꓐꓳꓺ (tsʰɑ̱̀ bo̱, “salt”)
• Proto-Karen: *saᴮ (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: အံသၣ် (ʼee thà)
  • Western Kayah: ꤤ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (ìthàe), ꤢꤩ꤬ꤞꤢꤧ꤬ (èthàe)
• → Proto-Hmong-Mien: *ntsjəuˣ

See also

• *g-rjum (“salt”)
• *m-tsji (“salt”)
• *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter”)
• Proto-Indo-European *seh₂l- (“salt”)