Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/hljak
Proto-Sino-Tibetan edit
Etymology edit
- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *hliek (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *l-tsyak (Matisoff, STEDT)
An areal word in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It's difficult to determine in every case whether the commonality was due to borrowing or inheritedness, or to determine the source. Compare Proto-Tai *ʰlekᴰ (Thai เหล็ก (lèk)), Proto-Hmong *hluwᶜ (White Hmong hlau), Proto-Mien *hrɛkᴰ, Latvian dzelzs, Russian желе́зо (želézo), and perhaps Proto-Vietic *k-rac (Modern Vietnamese sắt). See Ferrous metallurgy on Wikipedia.
Definitions edit
*hljak
- iron, iron instrument
Descendants edit
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→ Japanese: 鉄 (てつ, tetsu)
Korean: 철 (鐵, cheol)
Vietnamese: thiết (鐵)
- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Bodic
- Tibetan
- Written Tibetan: ལྕགས (lcags, “iron”)
- Tibetan
- Bodic
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- Burmish
- Written Burmese: ဇက် (jak, “bit (for horse)”)
- Burmish
- Lolo-Burmese
- Proto-Karen: *thaɁᴰ (Luangthongkum, 2013) (perhaps a loanword)
See also edit
- *sjam (“iron”)
- *sjaːl ~ sjiːr (“iron”)