*r-dzas

THING

Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

This root is due to Gong 2001, set 23.

Chinese comparandum

事 OC *dẓʼi̯əg, GSR #971a-c; B & S 2011: *m-s-rəʔ-s; Mand. shì.

Reflexes & cognates4 reflexes · 4 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmanr-dzas ‘thing’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 588

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Written)rdzas ‘thing, matter, object, materials, requisites’Matisoff 83 TIL: 61

6.1.1Burmish1

Burmese (Written)ca n.‘thing’Benedict 76 WBur

9.0.1Old Chinese2

Chinese (Old/Mid)dẓʼi̯əg/dẓʼi ‘practice / serve / service / occupation / affair / sacriﬁce’Karlgren 57 GSR: 971a-c

Chinese (Old)zjɨk(ʔ) ‘sacrifice’Baxter 92: 752

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5552, *r-dzas ‘THING’.

Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5552

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

References: cf. HPTB pp. 432, 437

BibTeX

@misc{stedt-5552,
  title  = {{*r-dzas 'THING'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5552},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5552}
}