Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/k-jim ~ k-jum

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Sino-Tibetan edit

Etymology edit

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khyim (Coblin, 1986)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-yim ⪤ k-yum (Matisoff, STEDT); *kim (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *kyim~kyum (Chou, 1972; *kyim ⪤ *kyum (LaPolla, 1987)

Noun edit

*k-jim ~ k-jum

  1. house
  2. pit
  3. womb

Descendants edit

  • Kamarupan
    • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ʔim (house)
      • Central Chin
      • Khomic
        • Khumi Chin: ing
      • Northern
    • "Naga"
      • Northern Naga
        /*kium/ ("house") (French, 1983)
      • Tangkhulic
        /*ʃim/ ("house") (Mortensen, 2012)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
      • Tamangic
        *ᴮdim (house) (Mazaudon, 1994)
    • Newar: छेँ (chẽ)
    • Kiranti
      *ʔkim, khim (house) (Opgenort, 2011)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
    • Lolo-Burmese
      /*yim¹/ (Matisoff, 1978)
      • Burmish
      • Loloish
        /*yim¹/ ("house") (Bradley, 1979)
        • Northern Loloish
          • Yi (Liangshan): (yi, house)
        • Central Loloish
          • Lisu (Southern): ꓦꓲꓻ (h̃i, house, family)
  • Karenic:
    /*hyi(m)/ ("house") (Luangthongkum, 2013)