Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/kV-wam

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: *kwam (Schuessler, 2024)
    • Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *hwam (Benedict, 1972); *s/m-wam (STEDT)

Verb

*kV-wam

  1. to dare

Descendants

  • Chinese: 敢 (OC *[k]ˤamʔ (B-S)) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Lolo-Burmese: *wam³
  • Kuki-Chin
  • Jingpho-Asakian
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