1.0 The Body > 1.1 Body Parts > 1.1.6 Die/Deathly

#3300 PTB *(g/k)um DIE / KILL

The WT-Chinese comparison was suggested in STC p.175. No further confirmation of this etymon has yet been found.

rnanalysislgidreflexglossgfnlanguagegrpidgrpnogrpgeneticcitationsrcabbrsrcidrn
5150483300,33002012gum ⪤ kumdie / kill*Tibeto-Burman20.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)0Matisoff 03 HPTBJAM-HPTB5920
30486933001578bkumkill, slaughterpf.Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC175n4640
198663300,s1561gum-pɑdieTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Chou 72ACST645a0
1986733001561gumsdiepf.Tibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Chou 72ACST645a0
3048683300,s1578ḥgum-padieTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Benedict 72 STCSTC175n4640
1488153300,s1567ḥgum-pɑdie; killTibetan (Written)242.1.2.1Tibetan1Jäschke 1881HAJ-TEDp.940
204063300,3300480kʻəm/kʻɑ̥̂mvanquish / killChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST651v0
204143300,3300480kʻəm/kʻɑ̥̂mvanquish / killChinese (Old/Mid)539.0.1Old Chinese0Chou 72ACST658q0

Chinese comparandum

戡 OC *k’əm, GSR #658q ‘vanquish; kill’; Coblin 86:100 ST *khum > OC *khəm; Schuessler 2007:330 *khə̂m; Mand. kān.
𢦟 OC *k’əm, GSR #651v ‘kill’; Mand. kān.