Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rV-saŋ

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:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r-saŋ (Benedict, 1972; Matisoff, 2003)

Noun

*rV-saŋ

  1. lizard

Descendants

  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: རྩངས་པ (rtsangs pa)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • ⇒ Jingpho: nsang sawn (“a type of jungle lizard”)
  • Proto-Central Naga: *ʃaŋ
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