Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k/p/s-rwak

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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: *?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k/p/s-rwak (Matisoff, STEDT); *rwak (Benedict, 1972; LaPolla, 1987); *g-rwak (French, 1983)

A number of prefixes could be attached to this root, with each of the prefixes representing a contraction of another etymon. The *k- suffix was found in a number of other Lolo-Burmese (and rGyalrongic, per Prins 2011 and 2016) animal terms; the *s- prefix was a contraction of *sja‑n (“meat”); and the *p- suffix was a contraction of *bəw (“insect”).

Noun

k/p/s-rwak

ant

Descendants

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: གྲོག་མ (grog ma, “ant”)
Tangut-Qiang
- rGyalrongic
  - possibly Situ: (kʰ)oroʔk
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  *p-rwakᴴ (Matisoff, 2003)
  - Burmish
    - Burmese: ပုရွက် (pu.rwak, “ant”)

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