Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lam

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan entry contains reconstructed words 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

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
  - ⇒ 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”)
Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
- Lolo-Burmese
  - Burmish
    - Burmese: လမ်း (lam:, “road, way, route”) /láɴ/, လှမ်း (hlam:, “to step, to pace”)