Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/krəw

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

Etymology

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *n/g-[r]u-(ŋ/k) ⪤ *n/g-[r]wa-ŋ/k, *d-krəw (Matisoff, STEDT); *g-ruŋ ~ gruŋ, *krəw-k, *rwa(ŋ) (Matisoff, 2003); *kruw, *rwaŋ (Michailovsky, 1991); *kruw (LaPolla, 1987); *kruw, *ruŋ ~ *rwaŋ (Benedict, 1972); *ruŋ (Chou, 1972); *ruŋ ~ *rwaŋ (Weidert, 1987)

[1] Goat with spiral horns.

Noun

*krəw

1. horn
2. angle
3. corner

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 角 (*C.kˁrok (B-S), *kroːg (ZS), “horn, angle, corner”), 觥 (*kʷraːŋ (ZS), “ancient wine vessel made of horn”)
  • Middle Chinese: 角 /kɣʌk/, 觥 (gōng) /kwɣæŋ/

**:

→ Japanese: 角 (かく, ​kaku)
Korean: 각 (角, gak)
Vietnamese: giác (角)

• • → Vietnamese: góc (“corner”)

    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 角 (jiăo) /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/ (colloquial), jué /t͡ɕɥ̯œ³⁵/ (literary); 餃／饺 (jiăo, “dumpling”) /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴/; 觥 (gōng) /kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: རྭ (rwa) ~ རུ (ru, “horn, antler”), ཁུག (khug, “nook, corner”)
  • Mahakiranti
    • Kiranti
      • Western Kiranti
        • Khaling: घ्रोङ (ghrong, “horn”)
        • Dumi: ग्रो (gro, “horn”), घ्र (gʰrʌ)
• Sal
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Garo: grong
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ချို (hkyui) ~ ခြို (hkrui, “horn, antler”)
    • Proto-Loloish: *kro¹ (Bradley, 1979)
      • Northern Loloish
        • Yi (Liangshan): ꃚ (fu, “horn”)

See also

• *(m)ku(ː)-k/ŋ (“bent, crooked, curved”)
• *nu-(ŋ/k) ~ nwa-(ŋ/k) (“horn”)