Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/g-tam ~ g-dam

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

Etymology

Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
- Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *g-tam ⪤ *g-dam (Matisoff, STEDT)

Verb

*g-tam ~ g-dam

to talk, to speak

Descendants

Old Chinese: 談／谈 (*l'aːm (ZS), “to talk, to discuss”); 譚／谭 (*l'ɯːm, *l'ɯːmʔ (ZS), “to talk, to discuss”)
- Middle Chinese: 談／谈 (dɑm), 譚／谭 (dʌm, dʌmX)
  → Japanese: 談 (だん, dan)
  Korean: 담 (談, dam)
  Vietnamese: đàm (談)
  - Modern Mandarin
    - Beijing: 談／谈 (tán), 譚／谭 (tán) (tán, /tʰan³⁵/)
Himalayish
- Tibeto-Kanauri
  - Bodic
    - Tibetan
      - Written Tibetan: གཏམ་པ (gtam pa, “to talk about, to discuss, to explain”), གཏོམ་པ (gtom pa, “to talk, to speak”), འདོམས་པ ('doms pa, “to teach, to advise, to counsel”)

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