Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/sV-ram

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: *sram (STEDT)

The s- pre-initial being replaced by a hp- in Burmese remains a mystery. STEDT presumes that Burmese hp- results from reduction of borrowed Proto-Austroasiatic *bɕeʔ, that also appears in Chinese 猵 (biān).

Noun

*sV-ram

  1. otter

Descendants

  • Proto-Bodish: *sram
    • Tibetic
      • Tibetan: སྲམ (sram)
    • Dakpa-Dzala
      • Dakpa: [Term?] (/⁠tʂam53⁠/)
    • East Bodish
  • Tshangla: སམ (sam)
  • Naic
    • Proto-Naish: *srV
      • Naxi: shuq
      • Narua: shuae
      • Laze: [Term?] (/⁠ʂɹ˧⁠/)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *sram¹
    • Burmish
      • >? Burmese: ဖျံ (hpyam) (with irregular labial initial)
  • Proto-Kuki-Chin: *hram
  • Bodo-Garo
    • Dimasa: matham
    • Garo: matram
  • Proto-Northern Naga: *(C̥-)rom
  • Jingpho-Asakian
    • Jingpho: sharam
  • Proto-Central Naga: *raːm
  • Proto-Tangkhulic: *ram
  • Karbi: serim
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