Where does “དཏམ” come from?

དཏམ (Sikkimese) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-(t/d)am — to talk; to speak.

དཏམ (Sikkimese): talk, speech, conversation

Definitions

  1. talk, speech, conversation

Ancestry of “དཏམ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetang-(t/d)amto talk; to speak
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan g-(t/d)am