Sino-Caucasian etymology : List with all references

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *stUŋwV

Meaning: trace, to follow

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Sino-Tibetan: *chŏŋ

Burushaski: *chu[m]

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *chŏŋ

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: follow, accompany

Chinese: 從 *ʒhoŋ follow, pursue.

Tibetan: rʒoŋ(s) the act of accompanying, escorting, rʒoŋ (p. (b)rʒaŋ(s), f. (b)rʒaŋ) to send, to dispatch.

Comments: Cf. also OCh. 送 *sōŋs to escort, follow after, send. Here perhaps Naga *cVŋ 'road' ( < 'trace'?).

Character: 從

Modern (Beijing) reading: cóng

Preclassic Old Chinese: ʒhoŋ

Classic Old Chinese: ʒhoŋ

Western Han Chinese: ʒhoŋ

Eastern Han Chinese: ʒhjoŋ

Early Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjoŋ

Middle Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjoŋ

Late Postclassic Chinese: ʒhjoŋ

Middle Chinese: ʒjöuŋ

English meaning : to go along with, follow

Russian meaning[s]: 1) следовать; последовать за...; сопровождать; 2) слушаться, подчиняться; второстепенный, побочный; 3) заняться (чем-л.); посвятить себя (чему-л.); 4) начиная с...; из; от; с; 5) до сих пор; всегда; перед отрицанием никогда еще...; 6) Цун (фамилия); [cōng] вольготный; довольный; [zòng] 1) по боковой линии, побочный (родственник); 2) стар. заместитель; [zōng] вдоль; с севера на юг; меридиан, долгота, см. 縱

Comments: For *ʒh cf. Xiamen chiɔŋ², Chaozhou choŋ², Longdu chuŋ². Also read *ʒhoŋs, MC ʒjö̀uŋ (FQ 疾用), Mand. zòng 'follower, attendant, suite'; used for *coŋ, MC cjöuŋ (FQ JY 將容), Mand. zōng 'longitudinal' (later written as 縱). See also 送.

Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology

Dialectal data: Dialectal data

Radical: 60

Four-angle index: 5851

Karlgren code: 1191 d-g

Shijing occurrences: 17.3_, 31.2

Number: 1157

Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology

Character: 從

MC description : 通合三平鍾從

ZIHUI: 1783 2653

Beijing: chuŋ 12

Jinan: chuŋ 12

Xi'an: choŋ 12

Taiyuan: chuŋ 1

Hankou: choŋ 12

Chengdu: choŋ 12

Yangzhou: chɔuŋ 12

Suzhou: zoŋ 12

Wenzhou: ɦyɔ 12

Changsha: coŋ 12

Shuangfeng: ʒaŋ 12; ʒǝn 12

Nanchang: chuŋ 12

Meixian: chiuŋ 12

Guangzhou: čhuŋ 12

Xiamen: chiɔŋ 12

Chaozhou: choŋ 12

Fuzhou: cyŋ 12

Shanghai: zoŋ 32

Zhongyuan yinyun: chuŋ 12

Common Burushaski: *chu[m]

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: trace, after

Yasin: -cé

Hunza: -chú, -ce, -cum

Nagar: -chú, -ce, -cum

Borean (approx.) : CVNV

Meaning : to follow

Sino-Caucasian : *stUŋV

Austric : PAA *cVm 'follow'

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