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STEDT #5481

*p-wap

LUNG
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Connections

Allofams

Notes

The initial *pr- cluster in Khaling seems to be a fusion of #5737 PTB *pwar LUNG with wap. The Padam-Mising form also looks like a fusion of these two morphemes, with its syllable initial r- from *pwar, and the proto-sequence *wap becoming the rhyme -op.

The final dental in the Chinese comparandum might be due to labial dissimilation from the initial, as in “wind (n.)” 風, which is reconstructed as *pi̯ŭm for Old Chinese, but which became pi̯ung by the Middle Chinese period. Another explanation is that this Chinese word is under the qusheng (Tone “C”), which arose, according to Haudricourt’s famous theory, through the influence of an *-s suffix, that could have favored the assimilation of a final labial to apical position.

Chinese comparandum

肺 OC *pʼi̯wɑ̆d, GSR #501g ‘lung’; Schuessler 2007:233 *phats < *phats or *phots from earlier *s-pot/ps; B & S 2011: *pʰot-s {pʰo[t]-s}; Mand. fèi.

Reflexes & cognates15 reflexes · 8 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)3

1.1.1.2Eastern Tani2

6.1.2.3Southern Loloish1

Hani (Shuikui)a³¹prefix pʰo³¹ ‘lung’Li Yongsui 86 Hani

9.0.1Old Chinese4

Chinese (Old/Mid)pʼi̯wɑ̆d/pʼi̯wɒi- ‘lung’Karlgren 57 GSR: 501g
Chinese (Old)pʰot-s {pʰo[t]-s} ‘lung’BaxterSagart 2011: 700

9.0.2Middle Chinese1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5481, *p-wap ‘LUNG’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5481
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB pp. 342, 476, 533
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5481,
  title  = {{*p-wap 'LUNG'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5481},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5481}
}