Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(g)nis

This Proto-Bodish 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-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *kV-ni-s.

Numeral

Proto-Bodish numbers (edit)
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Cardinal: *(g)nis

*(g)nis

  1. two

Reconstruction notes

  • Only Tibetic preserves this numeral as expected. No Proto-Bodish form is given by Bodt, but given the cognates outside Bodish, this numeral must have existed in Proto-Bodish times.
  • Dakpa-Dzala replaced the vowel in this word with a ~ o for unknown reasons. Bodt reconstructs their proto-form as *nos.[1]
  • Bumthangic uses an unrelated word zon for "two" of uncertain origin.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Dzongkha: གཉིས (gnyis)
    • Sherpa: གཉིས (gnyis)
    • Sikkimese: གཉིས (gnyis)
    • Tibetan: གཉིས (gnyis)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ནའི (na'i /⁠nai35⁠/)
    • Dzala: ནོའི (no'i)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 159
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