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

Etymology

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

Noun

*lam

1. road, way, path

Descendants

• Old Chinese: 冘 (*lum) (ZS) ("to move on")
  • Middle Chinese: 冘 (jiɪm)
    • Modern Mandarin
      • Beijing: 冘 (yín) /in³⁵/
• North Assam
  • Tani

    /*lam/ ("road") (Sun, 1993)

    • ⇒ Nyishi: lampya (“road”), lamta (Doimukh), la ung (Mengio)
    • ⇒ 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˩˧/
      • Dzongkha: 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
  • Lolo-Burmese
    • Burmish
      • Burmese: လမ်း (lam:, “road, way, route”) /láɴ/, လှမ်း (hlam:, “to step, to pace”)