Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/m-dzam

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: *m-dzam (STEDT)

Noun

*m-dzam

  1. bridge

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *zam
    • Tibetic
    • East Bodish
      • Kurtöp: ཟམ (zam)
  • rGyalrongic
    • East rGyalrongic
      • Japhug: ndzom
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *ndzaɣ
      • Naxi: zzoq (/⁠(n)dzø²¹⁠/)
      • Narua: zzo (/⁠dzo˧⁠/)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *m-dzam¹
    • Burmish
      • Achang: zvm (/⁠tɕam⁵⁵⁠/)
      • Zaiwa: [Term?] (/⁠tsam⁵¹⁠/)
    • Proto-Loloish: *dzam¹
      • Northern Loloish
        • Nuosu: (zzi)
      • Lisoish
        • Lisu: ꓖꓳꓽ ꓙꓱꓻ (gò dʒø)