Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/kʰim

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 *qim.

Noun

*kʰim

  1. house

Reconstruction notes

Bodt notates his proto-form as *qim.[1] However, there is no evidence that the initial consonant was a uvular in the proto-Bodish period, given that in all Bodish languages, all original uvulars surface with the same reflexes as velars. As such, the proto-form should be amended to *kʰim.

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཁྱིམ (khyim)
  • Dakpa-Dzala
    • Dakpa: ཁེམ (khem /⁠kʰem53⁠/)
    • Dzala: ཁེམ (khem)

References

  1. ^ Bodt, Timotheus Adrianus (2023) “East Bodish revisited”, in Bulletin of Tibetology‎[1], volume 54, number 1, Gangtok: Namgyal Institute of Tibetology, →ISSN, page 86
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