Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/s-tawŋ

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: *s-tawŋ (STEDT), *s-toŋ (Matisoff, 2003; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Numeral

*s-tawŋ

Proto-Sino-Tibetan numerals
ONE	ʔit kat *tjak ~ g-t(j)ik
TWO	*g/s-ni-s
THREE	*g-sum
FOUR	*b-ləj
FIVE	*l/b-ŋa
SIX	*d-k-ruk
SEVEN	*s-ni-s
EIGHT	*b-r-gjat ~ b-g-rjat
NINE	*d/s-kəw
TEN	gip ts(j)i(j) ~ tsjaj
TWENTY	*m-kul
HUNDRED	*b-r-gja
THOUSAND	*s-tawŋ

thousand

Descendants

Old Chinese: 眾, 衆 (“the masses; many, numerous”) /*tuŋ-s/ (B-S), /*tjuŋs/ (ZS)
- Middle Chinese: 眾 (tsyuwngH)

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→ Japanese: 衆 (しゅう, shuu)
Korean: 중 (衆, jung)
Vietnamese: chúng (衆)

Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: སྟོང (stong, “thousand”)
Tangut-Qiang
- Northern Tangut
  - Tangut: 𗡞 (*tụ¹, “thousand”)
- rGyalrongic
  - Situ: stoŋ(tso) (“thousand”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Written Burmese: ထောင် (htaung, “thousand”), သောင်း (saung:, “ten thousand”) (?)
  - Proto-Loloish: *ʔ-toŋ¹ (“thousand”) (Bradley, 1979)
    - Northern Loloish
      - Yi (Liangshan): ꄙ (dur, “thousand”)
    - Central Loloish
      - Lisu (Southern): ꓔꓴꓺ (tu̱, “thousand”)