*pran

BEGIN / START

Chinese comparandum

甫 OC *pi̯wo, GSR #102n-q ‘begin; just now’; Schuessler 2007:231 *paʔ; B & S 2011: *paʔ {p(r)aʔ}; Mand. fǔ.
方 OC *pi̯wɑng, GSR #740a-f ‘begin; just now’; Schuessler 2007:231 *paŋ; B & S 2011: *paŋ; Mand. fāng.

Comment: This root is currently reconstructed for PKC only. However, examination of the OC forms cited above, along with Phom baŋ⁵⁵, Jingpho phaŋ³³, and Bahing preŋ, all meaning ‘begin, start’, suggests an allofam or root variant of *pran reconstructable for ST ending in *-aŋ/ʔ, and for PTB in *aŋ.

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 3 subgroups

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STEDT etymon #5310, *pran ‘BEGIN / START’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5310

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

References: PKC #1310

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5310,
  title  = {{*pran 'BEGIN / START'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5310},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5310}
}

*pran

Chinese comparandum

Reflexes & cognates2 reflexes · 3 subgroups

1.2Kuki-Chin1

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

1.2.2Central Chin1

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