STEDT Etymon #6002
3.0 Natural Objects, Plants, Foods > 3.2 Natural Objects > 3.2.1 Weather and seasons
#6002 PTB *twaŋ RAINBOW |
This root is hesitantly set up on the basis of a number of scattered forms, including one from Chinese.
According to Marrison, this Meithei binome means either ‘rain’ or ‘rainbow’.
Cf. #3570 NEIA *doŋ WEATHER FORMATIVE / RAIN.
| rn | analysis | lgid | reflex | gloss | gfn | language | grpid | grpno | grp | genetic | citation | srcabbr | srcid | rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 259559 | m,6002 | 1041 | chum◦thang | rainbow | Meithei | 13 | 1.4 | Meithei | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | ||
| 259532 | m,6002 | 1041 | chum◦thang | rain | n | Meithei | 13 | 1.4 | Meithei | 1 | Marrison 67 Naga | GEM-CNL | 0 | |
| 345540 | 6002,2247 | 1831 | thoŋ³¹gɹi⁵⁵ | rainbow | n | Nusu (Central) | 46 | 6.1.2.1 | Northern Loloish | 1 | Huang and Dai 92 TBL | TBL | 0011.34 | 0 |
| 458462 | 6003,6002 | 1961 | laŋ33 thaŋ45 | rainbow | Pyen | 48 | 6.1.2.3 | Southern Loloish | 1 | Shintani 09 Pyen | ST-PL | 011046 | 0 | |
| 329126 | 6002,6002 | 481 | tung/tung | rainbow | Chinese (Old/Mid) | 53 | 9.0.1 | Old Chinese | 0 | Karlgren 57 GSR | GSR | 1175h | 0 |
蝀 OC *tung, GSR #1175h ‘rainbow’; apparently not in Li 1971 or B & S 2011; Schuessler 2007:278; Mand. dōng.
In Chinese, 蝀 dōng is typically seen in the synonym compound 螮蝀 or 蝃蝀 dìdōng ‘rainbow’, where 螮 or 蝃 dì by itself can also mean ‘rainbow’ (cf. 蝃 OC *tiɑd/tiei‑, GSR #295k).
Schuessler 2007:278 reconstructs 蝃蝀 dìdōng as OCM *tê(t)s‑toŋ < *tloŋ, with later stages LH *tes‑toŋ and MC *tieiC‑tuŋ. He notes “The wide range of forms, incl. dì-dōng, speaks for a non-ST source for this etymon. <> Kam-Tai: Zhuang lgs. have tu2‑tuŋ2 ‘rainbow’ and the like, where tu2 is a prefix added to animals and persons. Li Xu-lian (1997) reconstructs this prefix as PT *ta, among others based on forms like Wuming ta6 and Bama tiə6. Luó Yǒngxiàn (MKS 27:1997:272) reconstructs PTai *Druŋ: S. ruŋC2 ‘rainbow’.” [JAM, SPB]