Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/b/g-raŋ

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: *b-raŋ ⪤ *g-raŋ (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun

*g-raŋ

1. breast, chest

Descendants

• Old Chinese:
  • 膺 (OC *qɯŋ, “breast(plate); to undertake, attack”)
  • 應 (OC *qɯŋ, *qɯŋs, “to face, respond”)
• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: བྲང (brang, “chest, breast”)
• Tangut-Qiang
  • Northern Tangut
    • Tangut: 𗏘 (*ɣar², “chest”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ရင် (rang, “breast, chest”)