Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/guŋ

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kjəngw ~ *gjəngw (Coblin, 1986)
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *guŋ (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972); *gung (LaPolla, 1987; Coblin, 1986)

Despite the phonetic resemblance between this root, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, the three are probably unrelated.

Noun

 * 1) body
 * 2) back

Descendants

 * Old Chinese:  (B-S),  (ZS) (“body”)
 * Middle Chinese:


 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:
 * Wu
 * Shanghai:
 * Yue
 * Cantonese:
 * Min Nan
 * Xiamen:
 * Tangut-Qiang
 * Northern Tangut
 * Jingpho–Luish:
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese:
 * (Matisoff, 2003)
 * Loloish
 * Yi: ,
 * Burmish
 * Burmic
 * Burmese
 * Written
 * Maruic
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Derung/Drung:
 * Nungish:
 * Trung/Derung/Drung:
 * Trung/Derung/Drung: