Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/tʰik

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 *tek (“to drip”).

Verb

*tʰik

  1. to drip

Noun

*tʰik (pa)

  1. drop of liquid

Reconstruction notes

The non-Tibetic languages fail to show the expected change from *i to *e. Bodt suspects that this word was perceived as an onomatopoeia by Bodish speakers, causing it to resist the expected sound change.[1]

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: འཐིག ('thig), ཐིག་པ (thig pa)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
  • East Bodish

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 88
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