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

1. 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)