*dyuŋ

INSECT / BUG

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handledyuŋinitialdyrhymeuŋcoverT · N

Connections

HPTB*dyuŋ ‘insect / bug’p. 310

Notes

This root has so far only been discovered in Bodo-Garo and Chinese.

Chinese comparandum

蟲/虫 OC *dʼi̯ông, GSR #1009c ‘insect, reptile’; Mand. chóng.

Reflexes & cognates14 reflexes · 6 subgroups

Dimasayung◦maidimorpheme ‘worm’Marrison 67 Naga

Kokborokyoŋ ‘bug, worm’Tripuri 88

1.7.1.2Garo4

Garodźong ‘insect’Coblin 86: 98

Garodźoŋ ‘insect’Chou 72: 1009c

Garodźoŋ ‘insect’Benedict 72 STC: 182n479

Garo (Bangladesh)jong•- n‘bug; insect; worm’Burling 03 Garo: 4.461-II:idx

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻi̯ôŋ / dʻi̯uŋ ‘insect’Benedict 72 STC: 34n109

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʻi̯ôŋ/d̑ʻi̯uŋ ‘insect’Chou 72: 1009c

Chinese (Old/Mid)dʼi̯ông/d̂i̯ung ‘insect;reptile / creature (scaly);animal (generally)’Karlgren 57 GSR: 1009c

Chinese (Old)drjəngw ‘insect’Coblin 86: 98

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Chinese (Middle)ḍjung ‘insect, bug’Coblin 86: 98

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2212, *dyuŋ ‘INSECT / BUG’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2212

Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].

References: ("PBG") cf. STC pp.34, 182, HPTB p.310

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-2212,
  title  = {{*dyuŋ 'INSECT / BUG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2212},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2212}
}