Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lam

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: ?
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *lam (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Noun edit

*lam

  1. road, way, path

Descendants edit

  • Old Chinese: (*lum) (ZS) ("to move on")
    • Middle Chinese: (jiɪm)
      • Modern Mandarin
        • Beijing: (yín) /in³⁵/
  • North Assam
    • Tani
      /*lam/ ("road") (Sun, 1993)
      • Nyishi: lampya (road), lamta; la ung
      • Nyishi: lamdum (crossroad)
    • Kuki-Chin
      /*lam/ ("way, path, road") (VanBik, 2009)
      • Central Chin
        • Lushai [Mizo]: lam (path, place, direction)
  • Himalayish
    • Tibeto-Kanauri
      • Bodic
        • Tibetan: ལམ (lam, road, way) /lam˩˧/
    • Kiranti
      /*ʔlam/ ("road, path") (Opgenort, 2011)
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho
      • Jingpho [Kachin]: lam (road, way)
  • Sal
    • Bodo-Garo
      • Garo: rama (road)
  • Lolo-Burmese-Naxi