Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/qim

• Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khyim (Coblin, 1986)
  • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *k-yim ⪤ k-yum (Matisoff, STEDT]); *kim (Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987); *kyim~kyum (Chou, 1972; *kyim ⪤ *kyum (LaPolla, 1987)

*qim

1. house
2. pit
3. womb

• Old Chinese:

  坅 (OC *kʰrɯmʔ, “pit”)

  宮 (OC *kuŋ, “dwelling, house, palace”)

  窨 (OC *qrɯms, “cellar, storeroom”)^[1]

  >? 庵 (OC *qoːm, *qoːb, “hut, monastery”)

  • Middle Chinese: 坅 (MC khjimX); 宮 (MC kjuwng); 庵 (MC 'om|'op)

    → Japanese: 宮 (きゅう, ​kyū)
    Korean: 궁 (宮, gung)
    Vietnamese: cung (宮)

• Himalayish
  • Tibeto-Kanauri
    • Proto-Bodish: *kʰim
      • Tibetic
        • Tibetan: ཁྱིམ (khyim)
      • Dakpa-Dzala
        • Dakpa: ཁེམ (khem /⁠kʰem⁵³⁠/)
        • Dzala: ཁེམ (khem)
    • Tamangic

      *ᴮdim (“house”) (Mazaudon, 1994)

  • Newar: छेँ (chẽ)
  • Kiranti

    *ʔkim, khim (“house”) (Opgenort, 2011)

• Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *yim¹ (Matisoff, 1978)
  • Burmish
    • Burmic
    • Burmese: အိမ် (im, “house”)
    • Maruic
      • Lashi: yhoem꞉
      • Pela: ja̠m⁵⁵ (“house; family”)
  • Proto-Loloish: *yim¹ (“house”) (Bradley, 1979)
    • Northern Loloish
      • Yi (Liangshan): ꑳ (yi, “house”)
    • Central Loloish
      • Lisu (Southern): ꓦꓲꓻ (h̃i, “house, family”)
• Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ʔim (“house”)
  • Central Chin
    • Mizo: in
  • Maraic
    • Lutuv: ing
  • Khomic
    • Khumi Chin: ing
  • Northern
    • Zou: in
• Proto-Northern Naga: *kium (“house”) (French, 1983)
• Proto-Tangkhulic: *ʃim (“house”) (Mortensen, 2012)
  • Tangkhul Naga: shim
• Proto-Karen: *hyi(m) (“house”) (Luangthongkum, 2013)
  • S'gaw Karen: ဟံၣ် (heè, “house”)
  • Western Pwo: ယံၪ့, ဂံၪ့ (“house”)
  • Western Kayah: ꤟꤤ꤬ (hì, “house”)