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STEDT #644

*grwak

FRIEND / ASSIST
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Notes

The Chinese/WT comparison is due to Gong 2001: #28.

Chinese comparandum

仇 Coblin 84 GSR #992

Reflexes & cognates33 reflexes · 7 subgroups

0Sino-Tibetan (previously published reconstructions)1

*Sino-Tibetangljogw ‘friend’Coblin 86: 84

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)1

*Tibeto-Burmangrwak ‘friend / assist’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 591

2.1.2.1Tibetan5

Tibetan (Written)grogs pomorpheme ‘friend’Sun H 91 ZMYY: 296.1
Tibetan (Written)rogs ‘friend / companion’Weidert 87 TBTo: 691
Tibetan (Written)rogs.pamorpheme ‘friend’Sun J 85 TbGl: 292

9.0.1Old Chinese10

Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯ǔg/ji̯ə̯u ‘right (hand)’Chou 72: 995i-j
Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯ŭg/ji̯ə̯u- ‘assist’Karlgren 57 GSR: 995k
Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯ŭg/ji̯ə̯u: ‘friend, friendly; associate, couple’Karlgren 57 GSR: 995e
Chinese (Old/Mid)gi̯ŭg/ji̯ə̯u:, ji̯ə̯u- ‘right hand, on the right; to honour, esteem; assist; wait upon’Karlgren 57 GSR: 995i-j
Chinese (Old)gi̯ŭg ‘right (hand)’Luce 85: W.18
Chinese (Old)gi̯ǔg ‘right side’Matisoff 83 TIL: 11
Chinese (Old)mprefix-qʷəʔ-ssuffix ~ mprefix-qʷəʔ ‘right hand’BaxterSagart 2011: 3550
Chinese (Old)ɢʷəʔ {[ɢ]ʷəʔ} ‘friend’BaxterSagart 2011: 3543
Chinese (Old)ɢʷəʔ {[ɢ]ʷəʔ} ‘right hand’BaxterSagart 2011: 3555
Chinese (Old)ɢʷəʔ-ssuffix ‘assist’BaxterSagart 2011: 3553

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #644, *grwak ‘FRIEND / ASSIST’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/644
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: cf. HPTB p.327
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-644,
  title  = {{*grwak 'FRIEND / ASSIST'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #644},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/644}
}