Reconstruction analysis
Intermediate reconstructions
Connections
Notes
Interesting reflexes of this etymon with labiovelar initial include the labial-initial Lahu form, the dental-initial Karenic forms, and the zero-initial Chin forms, the last two of which indicate that the velar-initial was sometimes treated as a prefix.
The nasal suffix is reconstructed on the basis of the Chinese comparandum.
Chinese comparandum
Two Chinese forms are considered to descend from this etymon:
狗 OC *ku, GSR #108d; B & S 2011: *Cə.kˁroʔ {Cə.[k]ˁroʔ}; Mand. gǒu
犬 OC *k’iwən, GSR #479a-d; B & S 2011: *kʷʰˁenʔ {[k]ʷʰˁ[e][n]ʔ}; Mand. quǎn.
OC *ku reflects the unsuffixed root, while OC *k’iwən bears the “collective” nasal suffix.
Reflexes & cognates734 reflexes · 57 subgroups
0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)9
1.1.1Tani1
1.1.1.1Western Tani56
1.1.1.2Eastern Tani7
1.1.2Deng15
1.2Kuki-Chin2
1.2.1.1Northern Chin10
1.2.1.2Southern Plains Chin10
1.2.2Central Chin9
1.2.3Maraic2
1.2.4“Old Kuki”7
1.3“Naga” Areal Group2
1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)20
1.3.2Angami-Pochuri Group8
1.3.3Zeme Group5
1.3.4Tangkhulic11
1.4Meithei5
1.5Mikir [Karbi]2
1.7.1.1Bodo4
1.7.1.2Garo1
1.7.1.3Koch5
1.7.1.4Deori2
1.7.2Northern Naga/Konyakian1
1.7.2.1Tangsa-Nocte11
1.7.2.2Konyak-Chang16
1.7.3.1Jingpho13
1.7.3.2Asakian2
2.1.1Western Himalayish7
2.1.2Bodic11
2.1.2.1Tibetan51
2.1.3Lepcha2
2.1.4Tamangish8
2.2Newar4
2.3Kiranti2
2.3.1Eastern Kiranti7
2.3.2Southern Kiranti2
2.3.3Central Kiranti3
2.3.4Western Kiranti6
2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang16
3.1Tangut1
3.2Qiangic57
3.3rGyalrongic2
3.3.1rGyalrong16
4Nungic18
5Tujia1
6.1Lolo-Burmese2
6.1.1Burmish77
6.1.2Loloish3
6.1.2.1Northern Loloish51
6.1.2.2Central Loloish57
6.1.2.3Southern Loloish29
6.1.2.4Southeastern Loloish10
6.2Naxi26
7Karenic41
Root-initial *k- in #1764 PTB *d-kʷəy-n DOG reanalyzed as prefix, then replaced by t(h)- (cf. Karen tho̱⁵⁵ < #1006 PTB *pʷak PIG).
The second element in the Karenic compounds for FOX / WOLF seem to derive from #2453 PTB *m-l(e/ə)y EARTH / COUNTRY / GROUND / MUD / SOIL.
8Bai11
9.0.1Old Chinese7
9.0.3Modern Chinese2
Cite this entry
*d-kʷəy-n ‘DOG’.https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1764BibTeX
@misc{stedt-1764,
title = {{*d-kʷəy-n 'DOG'}},
author = {STEDT},
year = {2017},
note = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #1764},
url = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/1764}
}