Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/zaŋ

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

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Noun

*zaŋ[1]

  1. copper

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཟངས (zangs)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dzala: ཟེང (zeng)
  • 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 166