Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/glaŋ

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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

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Etymology 1

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

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*glaŋ

  1. ox
  2. elephant
Descendants
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  • Tibeto-Burman
    • Sal
      • Bodo-Garo
        • Kokborok: bɔ-lɔʔ (ox)
      • Jingpho-Luish
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Western Himalayish
      • Bodic
        • Tshangla: laŋ (ox)
        • Tibetan
        • Lepcha
  • Qiangic
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
  • Karenic
    • S'gaw Karen: [script needed] (glɔ³¹, year of the ox)

Etymology 2

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  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *glaŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

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*glaŋ

  1. poplar
  2. willow
Descendants
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  • Old Chinese: (yáng) /*laŋ/ (B-S & ZS)
    • Middle Chinese: (yáng) /jɨɐŋ/
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (yáng), (yáng, /i̯ɑŋ³⁵/, poplar)
      • Yue
        • Cantonese: (yáng), (/jœːŋ²¹/, poplar)
    • Min Nan
      • Xiamen: (yáng), (/iũ²⁴/, poplar)
      • Zhangzhou: (yáng), (/iõ¹³/, poplar)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri