- 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)
*k-jim ~ k-jum
- house
- pit
- womb
- Old Chinese:
- 坅 (OC *kʰrɯmʔ, “pit”)
- 宮 (OC *kuŋ, “dwelling, house, palace”)
- 窨 (OC *qrɯms, “cellar, storeroom”)[1]
- >? 庵 (OC *qoːm, *qoːb, “hut, monastery”)
- Middle Chinese: 坅 (MC khjimX); 宮 (MC kjuwng); 庵 (MC 'om|'op)
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→ Japanese: 宮 (きゅう, kyū)
Korean: 궁 (宮, gung)
Vietnamese: cung (宮)
- Kamarupan
- Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ʔim (“house”)
- Central Chin
- Khomic
- Northern
- "Naga"
- Northern Naga
- /*kium/ ("house") (French, 1983)
- Tangkhulic
- /*ʃim/ ("house") (Mortensen, 2012)
- Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
- Bodic
- Tibetan
- Written Tibetan: ཁྱིམ (khyim, “house”)
- Tamangic
- *ᴮdim (“house”) (Mazaudon, 1994)
- Newar: छेँ (chẽ)
- Kiranti
- *ʔkim, khim (“house”) (Opgenort, 2011)
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
- /*yim¹/ (Matisoff, 1978)
- Burmish
- Burmese: အိမ် (im, “house”)
- Loloish
- /*yim¹/ ("house") (Bradley, 1979)
- Northern Loloish
- Yi (Liangshan): ꑳ (yi, “house”)
- Central Loloish
- Lisu (Southern): ꓦꓲꓻ (h̃i, “house, family”)
- Karenic:
- /*hyi(m)/ ("house") (Luangthongkum, 2013)
- S'gaw Karen: ဟံၣ် (heè, “house”)
- Western Pwo: ယံၪ့, ဂံၪ့ (“house”)
- Western Kayah: ꤟꤤ꤬ (hì, “house”)
- ^ Hill, Nathan W. (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 222