Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/tak ~ dak
Proto-Sino-Tibetan
editEtymology
edit- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *tjək (Coblin, 1986)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *tak ⪤ *dak (Matisoff, STEDT); *dak (Mortensen, 2012); *d-rak, *tak=*trak (LaPolla, 1987); *trak ~ *tak (Weidert, 1987; Benedict, 1972); *trɑk ~ *tɑk (Chou, 1972)
NB: Some Tibeto-Burman languages have a variant (or a different etymon) with *r-initial. Some (e.g. Schuessler, 2007) posit *t- ~ *r- proto-variation in this root, akin to the *r- variant in *m-t(w)əj-n ~ m-ti-s (“water”).
Verb
edit*tak ~ dak