Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/(d)wam

This Proto-Bodish 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-Bodish

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *tV-wəm.

Noun

*(d)wam

  1. bear (animal)

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt reconstructs Proto-Bodish *s.dʷam in order to account for aberrant initials in Dakpa (the initial ranges to zero to /w/ to /h/ to /x/) via some sort of intermediate change to *swam.[1]
  • *(d)wam is inspired by Jacques, who posits that the *d was originally a pre-initial and the actual initial is *w (see the rGyalrongic cognates as a demonstration).

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: དོམ (dom)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠hom35, xom35, (w)ɔm35⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཝམ (wam)
  • East Bodish

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, pages 83-84
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