Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tow

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:
      • *tow (Benedict, 1972)
      • *tow ⪤ dow, *s-ta ⪤ m-twa (Matisoff, 2003)
      • *s/m-t(w)a ⪤ *(t/d)u (STEDT)

Comparisons can be found in Schuessler (2007:219).

Verb

*tow

  1. to pound, hammer

Descendants

  • Chinese: 鍛 / 锻 (OC *tˁo[n]‑s (STEDT), “to forge”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Bodish
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: ཐོ་བ (tho ba, “hammer”)
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: ထု (htu., “to hammer”), တူ (tu, “hammer”)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: htu (“to pound”), ⇒ sumdu (“hammer”)
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