Reconstruction:Proto-Bodish/zam

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 *m-dzam.

Noun

*zam

  1. bridge

Reconstruction notes

  • Bodt's paper omits this word, but Hill uses this word to demonstrate that *dz- > z- (Schiefner's law) already occurred at the Proto-Bodish level.[1]

Descendants

  • Tibetic
    • Tibetan: ཟམ་པ (zam pa)
  • East Bodish
    • Kurtöp: ཟམ (zam)

References

  1. ^ Hill, Nathan W. (2019) The Historical Phonology of Tibetan, Burmese, and Chinese, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28
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