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STEDT #5764

*gan ⪤ *gat ⪤ *gay

SULFUR
Indo-Aryan · provisional

Notes

This is a loan from Indo-Aryan, ult. from Sanskrit gandha- ‘odor, odoriferous substance’. As an interesting sidelight, this root is attested in Romani khan(d), where it means ‘stink, stench, smell’ (p.c. Terrence S. Kaufman).

The Mikir forms descend immediately from Assamese gandhaka. Cf. Turner 1966:214-5.

Reflexes & cognates24 reflexes · 13 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangan ⪤ gat ⪤ gay ‘sulfur’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 155

1.2.1.1Northern Chin2

Tiddim-kaːt n‘sulphur’Henderson 65 TidC
Tiddim-kaːt ‘sulfur’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 155

1.2.2Central Chin1

Lushai [Mizo]kât ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.2.3Maraic1

1.3.3Zeme Group1

Rongmei / Nruanghmeigündup ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.4Meithei1

Meitheikantuk ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.5Mikir [Karbi]2

Mikir [Karbi]gondok ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga
Mikir [Karbi]kóndhók ~ kóndohók n.‘sulfur’Matisoff 85 GSTC: 49

1.7.1.1Bodo1

Dimasagandak ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphokan ‘sulphur (brimstone)’Marrison 67 Naga
Jingphoka̱n⁵⁵ n‘sulphur’Huang and Dai 92 TBL: 0060.19

2.1.2.1Tibetan1

Tibetan (Balti)gʌṉḏʌk ‘sulphur’< Urdu gandhakRangan 75: 38

4Nungic1

Rawanggɑn³¹ ‘sulphur’LaPolla 03: 71

6.1.2.2Central Loloish1

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #5764, *gan ⪤ *gat ⪤ *gay ‘SULFUR’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5764
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-5764,
  title  = {{*gan ⪤ *gat ⪤ *gay 'SULFUR'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #5764},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/5764}
}