Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/purl

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

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *pul (Schuessler, 2007:160)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *(b/p)ul (STEDT)

Noun

*purl

  1. tree stump, tree roots
  2. tree trunk

Descendants

  • Chinese: 本 (OC *C.pˤə[n]ʔ (B-S), “root”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: hpun (“tree”)
  • Proto-Bodo-Garo: *bVl
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *pul
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *bul
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