Publication: Journal paper: Zhou 2010, Sino-Germanic (~Indo-European).

周及徐 2010: “汉藏缅语与印欧语的对应关系词及其意义” – «语言研究» 2010.4: 23–27. //EN: Zhou, Ji-xu 2002: “The Correspondent Words between Chinese, Tibetan, Burman and Indo-European Languages and their Position in Chinese Language History” – Studies in Language and Linguistics 2010.4: 23–27. [ISSN 1000-1263] [CN 42-1025/H] (CSSA) (CSSCI) (PKU-1992/1996/2000/2004/2008/2011)

Main text written in Chinese.

Half DOM method, half Comparative method. Etymological units in numbers. Chinese characters are given.

Selected phonetic data within DOM: Old Chinese in Zhengzhang's reconstruction-transcription system.

Primary DOM target language: English. Occasionally referred target languages: selection from references. English in orthography. Other languages as citations. Primary etymological reference for target language: Origins: a Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English.

Results of common etymological units: | Chinese ∩ (Tibetan and/or Burmese) ∩ (some representatives of Indo-European languages) | = 11.

Positions on definitions: “The eleven groups of correspondent words among OC [Old Chinese], TB [Tibetan] and BM [Burmese] are listed there to show the relationship with the PIE [Proto-Indo-European] words. these correspondent words not only are the evidences of the closed relationship between them in history, but also show the time was about 4300 years ago.”

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