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Austric etymology :

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Proto-Austric: *ʔcVm
Meaning: sour
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Proto-Austroasiatic: cVm
Austroasiatic meaning: vinegar
Proto-Austronesian: *esem, qaleSem
Austronesian meaning: sour
Proto-Thai: sam.C sour (NT); Kd *R-somC
References: Ben 388-389, Peiros 1998, 98 (AN-Tai)
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Austro-Asiatic etymology :

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Proto-Austro-Asiatic: cVm
Meaning: vinegar
Austric etymology: Austric etymology
Thai: sam.C sour (NT)
Proto-Monic: M sam
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : CVMV
Meaning : sour, bitter
Eurasiatic : *č`VmV
Afroasiatic : *ĉ̣am- (?ND *č̣- and more forms)
Sino-Caucasian : *ɦć̣wV́jmV
Austric : PAA *cVm 'vinegar', PAN *esem, *qaleSem 'sour'
Reference : ND 423, Peiros 1989.
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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *č`VmV
Meaning: salty, sour
Borean: Borean
Uralic: *čemV (cf. also *čamćV)
Kartvelian: *č̣max-
Dravidian: PKG *cam-, PNorth *canq- 'be rotten'
References: ND 423 *č̣em(V)χV 'sour, bitter'.
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Uralic etymology :

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Number: 106
Proto: *čemV
> Nostratic: > Nostratic
English meaning: sour; to become sour
German meaning: sauer; sauer werden, gären
Udmurt (Votyak): še̮m (S), šȯm (K) 'Geschmack', še̮m (URS) 'вкус; закваска', šumes (S) 'Backtrog, Brottrog'
Komi (Zyrian): šo̯m (SO) 'закваска; кислота; кислый', šom (Ud. I) 'Sauerteig, Säure; Geschmack', šom (S), ńań-še̮m (P) 'Sauerteig', šu̇m (PO) 'Säure, Sauerteig; sauer' ( > Khanty Ni. šŭm, Kaz. ńańšŭm 'Teig, Vorteig', Mansi сумункве 'киснуть'), šome̮s (S), še̮me̮.s 'Backtrog, Teig'
Khanty (Ostyak): čim- (Trj.) 'gären, aufsteigen (der Teig)', sim- (O) 'infolge von Feuchtigkeit mürbe werden, verderben; gärend aufsteigen (der Teig)'
K. Reshetnikov's notes: It is, indeed, quite difficult to explain the correspondence Perm. š ~ Khanty č. Should we treat Khanty *čim- as an old (Proto-Khanty or even Proto-Ob-Ugric) loan from Permic (Proto-Komi?) - with the substitution *š > *č for lack of *š in Proto-Khanty (as well as in Proto-(Ob)-Ugric)? Note that Permic loanwords in Khanty having š in the place of Permic š don't contradict this interpretation: they either were borrowed (chiefly from Komi) into some separate Khanty dialects, where š is present (being a result of a secondary development of *č-) or regularly arose in the same dialects as reflexes of Proto-Khanty words with *č- borrowed from Permic. For the vowel substitution (Permic *ȯ > Khanty *i) cf. ИВПЯ 152.
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *č̣max-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: кислый
English meaning: sour
Georgian: mč̣ax-e
Georgian meaning (Rus.): очень кислый
Georgian meaning (Engl.): very sour
Laz: mč̣ox-a
Notes and references: EWK 254. Членение типа *m-č̣ax-e, видимо, вторично (по аналогии с mḳwaxe, mc̣are etc.); основа с m- весьма напоминает ПСК *ɦmVjć̣_wĂ 'кислый' (NCED 521). Dolg. (ND 423) suggests *m-č̣ax- < *m-č̣max-, discovering the prefixless stem in Georg. č̣max- 'sour (wine)', 'become sour (of wine).
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ĉ̣am-
Meaning: be bitter
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Western Chadic: *ĉ̣amam- '(be) bitter'
East Chadic: *ĉ̣Vm- 'bitter'
Omotic: *c̣am- '(be) bitter'
afaset-meaning,afaset-prnum,afaset-wch,afaset-ech,afaset-omo,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ĉ̣amam-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'be bitter'
Pa'a: ĉ̣ámuma [MS]
Cagu: ĉ̣eemáma [SkNb]
Siri: ĉ̣áámaamí (n.) [SkNb]
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *ĉ̣Vma
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bitter'
Jegu: ʔǯḕmá [Jg]
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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *c̣am-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: '(be) bitter'
Ometo: č̣aam-
Kafa (Kaficho): č̣aamm-
Mocha: č̣ammo
Notes: Ome and Kaf may reflect a secondary formation with an inlaut laryngeal *c̣aHam-
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ɦć̣wV́jmV
Meaning: sour, salty
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
North Caucasian: *ɦmVjć̣_wĂ ( / *ɦć̣_wVjmV ?)
Sino-Tibetan: *[ǯh]ɨam
Burushaski: *ćhémil
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ɦmVjć̣_wĂ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sour
Proto-Nakh: *musṭi-n
Proto-Tsezian: *čača-lu
Proto-Lak: q̇urč̣i-
Proto-Dargwa: *q̇anc̣a
Proto-Lezghian: *ʡimč̣ʷV-r-/ʡirč̣ʷV-m-
Proto-Khinalug: mic̣
Proto-West Caucasian: *c̣ʷV
Notes: A rather complicated case, but most of the reflexes can be more or less satisfactorily deduced from the protoform *ɦmVjć̣_wĂ (-j- to account for PN *-sṭ-). The Lak and PD form demonstrate the adjectival prefix *q̇V- (also present in a number of other adjectival stems); Lak. q̇urč̣i- < *q̇-Vmć̣-rV- (cf. the PL form; *-rV is a frequent suffixed morpheme in adjectives).

    Note the frequent recurrence of reduplication (also typical for many adjectival stems): PTs *čača-, PL *č̣iIrč̣ʷV-m- (reflected in Rut. and Tsakh.), PAT *c̣ʷǝc̣ʷǝ-.

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *musṭi-n
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sour
Chechen: müsta
Ingush: mista
Batsbi: musṭĩ
Comments: Cf. also Cheb. mustĩ, Lev. müstĩ etc. The pure base can be seen in Chech. must-dan 'make sour', Bacb. musṭ-dalar 'get sour'.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *čača-lu
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sour
Bezhta: čäčälö (Khosh.)
Gunzib: čačalu (Gunz.)
Comments: PGB *čača-lu (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. čäčälö).
cezet-prnum,cezet-meaning,cezet-bzt,cezet-gnz,cezet-comment,

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Lak etymology :

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Lak root: q̇urč̣i-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: sour, bitter
Lak form: q̇urč̣i-s:a
Comments: Cf. Khosr. q̇urč̣i-s:a id. Lak. > Arch. q̇ič̣i- 'sour' (used only with naIƛ̣ 'milk').
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *q̇anc̣(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: vinegar
Akusha: q̇anc̣a
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Muir., Kub. q̇anc̣, Kait. q̇ac̣ id. This Dargwa word (historically a derivate from **-anc̣a 'sour' with the adjectival prefix *q̇(a)-) was widely borrowed in neighbour languages: Av. q̇:anc̣a, (probably through Avar) > Arch. q̇anc̣a, Chech. q̇onza. The original meaning 'sour, to be sour' is preserved in the Archi loanword q̇anc̣- 'sour, to be sour'.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ʡimč̣ʷV-r-/ʡirč̣ʷV-m-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 sour 2 salty
Lezghian: üc̣ü 2
Tabasaran: uč̣̌ru 1
Agul: ʕuč̣e-f 1
Rutul: č̣ɨrč̣ɨm-dɨ 1
Tsakhur: č̣ɨrč̣ɨma-n 1
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Nüt. üḳü 'salty', Ag. Fit. ʡürč̣i-t, Burk. ʡüč̣e-f 'sour'. Rutul and Tsakhur reflect a reduplication (in Tsakhur cf. also the variant with pharyngealisation: č̣uIrč̣uImaI-n).
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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: mic̣
North Caucasian etymology: 1778
Meaning: sour
Khinalug form: mic̣
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

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Proto-West-Caucasian: *c̣ʷV
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to get sour 2 sour
Abkhaz: a-č̣̌-rá 1
Abaza: č̣č̣ʷ-ra 1
Adyghe: ṣ́ʷa-ʡʷǝ-n 1
Kabardian: f̣a-ʡʷǝ-n 1
Ubykh: ʒʷa-q̇(ǝ́) 2
Comments: PAT *c̣ʷǝ / *c̣ʷǝc̣ʷǝ (cf. also Abkh. a-r-č̣̌ǝ́, a-č̣̌ǝč̣̌ǝ́ 'sour', Abaz. č̣ʷ-q̇́á 'sour'); PAK *c̣ʷa-ʡʷǝ- ( = Ub. ʒʷa-q̇ǝ, Abaz. č̣ʷq̇́á). Ubykh has voiced ʒʷ- instead of *c̣ʷ as a result of dissimilation.

    See Shakryl 1968, 85, Abdokov 1973, 32, 72, Shagirov 2, 102.

    [NB: The common WC form *c̣ʷVq̇́ʷV (-q̇ʷV) may be analyzed as containing an adjectival suffix, but also may partly reflect another NC root, well reconstructed for PEC as *c̣_eḳwV (q.v.).; see Абдоков 1983, 151.]

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *[ǯh]ɨam
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: salt
Chinese: *ćham ( ~ ch-,-e-) buck, lye
Kachin: ǯum2 salt, (H) šum be saltish.
Lushai: KC *tśhum.
Comments: Meithei thum; BG: Dimasa sem, Garo sum, khari-tśham; Namsangia sum; Moshang śum; Kadu sum. Sh. 436; Ben. 57.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: jiǎn
Preclassic Old Chinese: krēmʔ
Classic Old Chinese: krḗm
Western Han Chinese: krjā́m
Eastern Han Chinese: kriā́m
Early Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Middle Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Late Postclassic Chinese: kiẹ̄́m
Middle Chinese: kạ̈́m
English meaning : lump of earth [Han]
Comments: Also read *cham (~ćh-,-e-), MC chjem (FQ 七廉), Go, Kan sen 'buck, lye'.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Go-on: ken
Kan-on: kan
Japanese reading: kan;ken;sen;aku
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 2573
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 咸開二上豏見
ZIHUI: 4354 1835
Beijing: ćian 2
Jinan: ćiã 2
Xi'an: ćiã 2
Taiyuan: ćiɛ 2
Hankou: ćian 2
Chengdu: ćian 2
Yangzhou: ćiɛ̃ 2
Suzhou: ćî 2 (lit.); ke_ 2
Wenzhou: ka 21
Changsha: kan 2
Shuangfeng: ćî̃ 2
Nanchang: kan 2
Meixian: kiam 2
Guangzhou: kām 21
Xiamen: kĩ 2
Chaozhou: kiǝm 21
Fuzhou: kieŋ 2
Shanghai: ke_ 3
Zhongyuan yinyun: kiam 2
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ćhémil
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: poison
Yasin: ćémel
Hunza: ćhémiliŋ
Nagar: ćhémiliŋ
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