The Tocharian A word for "rug" and Old Sinitic reconstructions

Language Log 2020-01-03

Summary:

There's a Chinese character 罽 (Mandarin jì, Old Sinitic *kràts), which means "rug, carpet; woolen textile; fish net").  On the basis of its sound, meaning, place, and date of occurrence, it would seem to be related to Toch. A kratsu "rug". This raises two questions: 1. Does this Tocharian word have cognates in other IE […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=45665

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Tags:

borrowing

Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/03/2020, 18:59

Date published:

01/03/2020, 11:27