Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-rjum
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *gryam (Coblin, 1986), *gyam(ʔ) (Chou, 1972)
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-ryum, *gryum (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Chou, 1972; LaPolla, 1987)
Root
[edit]*g-rjum
Descendants
[edit]- Old Chinese: 鹽/盐 (*ɴ.rom (B-S), *g.lam (ZS), “salt”); 鹽/盐 (*ɴ.rom-s (B-S), *g.lams (ZS), “to salt”); 鹹/咸 (*Cə.ɡˁrom (B-S, *grɯːm (ZS), “salty”)
- Note: Vowels of the two above did not match in MC, and some (e.g. Schuessler) have therefore treated them as unrelated. Here that possibility is considered unlikely, hence treated as doublets.
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→ Japanese: 塩 (えん, en)
Korean: 염 (鹽, yeom)
Vietnamese: diêm (鹽)
- Himalayish
- Jingpho-Nung-Asakian
- Jingpho
- Jingpho [Kachin]: jum (“salt”)
- Jingpho
- Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
See also
[edit]- *tsa (“salt”)
- *m-tsji (“salt”)
- *hjam (“salty”)
- *b-ka-(n/m/ŋ) (“bitter”)