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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/
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→ 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
  • 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”)
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