Reconstruction:Proto-Tai/sɤmᶜ

This Proto-Tai 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-Tai

Etymology

Compare Middle Chinese 酸 (MC swan, “sour”). Also compare to Proto-Austronesian *qaRsəm via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləsəm (whence Sasak asem, Malay asam, Maranao asem, and Toba Batak asom).

Noun

*sɤmᶜ

sour

Descendants

Northern Tai
- Zhuang: soemj
Southwestern Tai
- Thai: ส้ม (sôm)
- Lao: ສົ້ມ (som)
- Lü: ᦉᦳᧄᧉ (ṡum²)
- Tai Dam: ꪶꪎ꫁ꪣ
- Shan: သူမ်ႈ (sūum)
- Ahom: 𑜏𑜤𑜪 (suṃ)

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