Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/lam

Etymology

 * Proto-Sino-Tibetan: ?
 * Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *lam (Matisoff, STEDT; Benedict, 1972; Weidert, 1987)

Noun

 * 1) road, way, path

Descendants

 * Old Chinese: (ZS) ("to move on")
 * Middle Chinese:
 * Modern Mandarin
 * Beijing:
 * North Assam
 * Tani
 * ("road") (Sun, 1993)
 * Kuki-Chin
 * ("way, path, road") (VanBik, 2009)
 * Central Chin
 * Lushai [Mizo]:
 * Himalayish
 * Tibeto-Kanauri
 * Bodic
 * Kiranti
 * ("road, path") (Opgenort, 2011)
 * Jingpho-Asakian
 * Jingpho
 * Jingpho [Kachin]:
 * Sal
 * Bodo-Garo
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Bodo-Garo
 * Lolo-Burmese-Naxi
 * Lolo-Burmese
 * Burmish
 * Burmish