Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/w(a/u)

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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: *sgwljaɣ (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *w(a/u) (Matisoff, STEDT); *wa / *(b)wa (Weidert, 1987); *wa (Benedict, 1972)

Noun

*w(a/u)

Descendants

Old Chinese: 羽 ("feather, wing, bird") /*ɢʷaʔ, ɢʷas/
- Middle Chinese: 羽 (ɦɨoX, ɦɨoH)
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 羽 ("feather") (yǔ, /y²¹⁴/)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: རྭ་མཆུ (rwa mchu, “beak, bill”)

Related terms

*ʔu (“egg, bird”)

See also

*s/r-m(u/i/ja)l (“hair, fur, feather”)
*b(j/r)a (“bird, bee”)
*s-ŋak (“bird”)
*lak ~ C-jak (“hand, arm, limb, wing”)
*d(w)əj (“egg, testicle”)

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