Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-duŋ/k ~ m-tuŋ/k

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: *m-duŋ/k ⪤ *m-tuŋ/k (Matisoff, STEDT)

Possibly from Proto-Malayic *duduk (whence Malay duduk)

Verb

*k

1. to sit

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 躅 (*doɡ, “to check the foot, stop walking”)
  • Middle Chinese: 躅 (ɖɨok̚)

**:

→ Japanese: 躅 (ちょく, ​choku)
Korean: 촉 (躅, chok)
Vietnamese: trục (躅)

• Old Chinese: 住 (“to stop”)
  • Middle Chinese: 住

**:

→ Japanese: 住 (じゅう, ​jū)
Korean: 주 (住, ju)
Vietnamese: trú (住)

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Bodic
      • Tibetan
        • Written Tibetan: འདུག་པ ('dug pa, “to be, stay, sit”)
• Jingpho-Asakian
  • Jingpho
    • Jingpho [Kachin]: dung (“sit”)
• Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Written Burmese: ထိုင် (htuing, “to sit”)