Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/l-pəm

This Proto-Sino-Tibetan 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-Sino-Tibetan

Reconstruction

  • Proto-Sino-Tibetan:
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *r-p(w)am (STEDT)

Root

*l-pəm

  1. to freeze

Reconstruction notes

  • The reconstruction of an *l- pre-initial is inspired by Jacques's statement that the proto-rGyalrong initial should be reconstructed as *lp-. The final velar nasal in Chinese is due to dissimilation against the *p in the root.[1]

Descendants

  • Chinese: 冰 (OC /*p.rəŋ/ (B-S), /*rpəm/ (Zhang et al., 2019), “ice”) (see there for further descendants)
  • Tshangla: ཕོམ (phom, “snow”)
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
  • Nungish
    • ⇒ Rawang: lóngpø̀m (“hail”)
  • Tangkhulic
    • Tangkhul Naga: pham (“snow”), ⇒ phamkok (“ice”)
  • Proto-Tani: *pam (“snow”)

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Shuya, Jacques, Guillaume, Lai, Yunfan (2019) “A study of cognates between Gyalrong languages and Old Chinese”, in Journal of Language Relationship, volume 17, number 1, →DOI, page 85 of 73–92
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