Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-jak ~ g-jaŋ

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-ya(k/ŋ) (Matisoff, STEDT)

Noun



 * 1) sheep, yak

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  (B-S),  (ZS) ("sheep, goat")
 * (in the oracle bone script) 羊-oracle.svg
 * Middle Chinese:


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:, )
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Tibetan
 * Written
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Bai
 * Bai:
 * (Bradley, 1979)
 * Bai
 * Bai: