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

1. 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”)