Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/rəm

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: *ram (Matisoff, 2003; STEDT)

Noun

*rəm

  1. forest, jungle

Descendants

  • Chinese: 林 (OC *[r]əm (B-S), “forest”), 森 (OC *s.rəm (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Tamangic: *ᴬri
    • Western Tamang: र्‌ही (“woods”)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *ram (“land, country, forest”)
    • Central
      • Mizo: ram (“land, country”)
    • Maraic
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *C̬-ram (“jungle”)
  • Proto-Central Naga: *raːm (“jungle, forest”)
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *ram (“village, land”)
  • Chepangic
    • ⇒ Chepang: सीङःराङ् (“forest”)
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