Where does “” come from?

鹽 (Chinese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-rjum — salt; salty, salted; to salt.

Ancestry of “”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetang-rjumsalt; salty, salted; to salt
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-rjum