3.0 Natural Objects, Plants, Foods > 3.2 Natural Objects > 3.2.1 Weather and seasons

#5898 PTB *r-p(w)am FREEZE / ICE / SNOW (provisional)

This provisional etymon should probably be merged with, or treated as a mesoroot along with, #6505 PTani *pam SNOW, to form a single, PTB-level etymon.

Chinese comparandum

冰 OC *pi̯əng, GSR #899a ‘ice’; Schuessler 2007: *prəŋ ?; B & S 2009: *p.rəŋ (dial. *p.r‑ › pr‑); Mand. bīng.
凌 OC *li̯əng, GSR #898f ‘ice’; Schuessler 2007:168 *rəŋ; B & S 2009 *p.rəŋ ; Mand. líng.
雱 OC *p’wɑ̂ng, GSR #740c’ ‘heavy snowfall’; Schuessler 2011 3-57 l’d’c’: *phâŋ; B & S 2009: *pʰˁaŋ; Mand. páng.
霙 OC not in GSR #718, ‘sleet; snowflakes’; Schuessler 2007: (*ʔraŋ); B & S 2009: (*ʔ<r>aŋ); Mand. yīng.