Linguistic Archaeology: Clams

 

Clams & Muscles in almost every language
1. Clam
2. molusqe
3. kilami
4. hadia
5. Kakghamort
6. *M (Assamese)
7. Almeja
8. Kclcn
9. Txirla
10. Maliusk
11. Klyāma
12. Školjka
13. Mida
14. Cloïssa
15. Há
16. Škeble
17. Musling
18. *LM* (dhivehi)
19. C* (dogri)
20. Tweekleppig schelpdier
21. Konko (esperanto)
22. Karp
23. kabibe
24. Simpukka
25. Palourde
26. Ameixa
27. Muschel
28. Achiváda
29. Klēma
30. Paloud
31. CDP* (hebrew)
32. klaim
33. Kagyló
34. Samloka
35. Kerang
36. Mollusco
37. Hamaguri
38. Klām
39. Klem
40. ktam
41. *M (konkani)
42. daehab
43. Klam
44. Sedef (kurmanji kurdish)
45. KPA* (sorani kurdish)
46. hony
47. Gliemenes
48. Palome
49. Moliuskas
50. Klamm
51. Mida
52. C* (maithili)
53. Mpihady Lavaka
54. Arzella
55. Cram
56. Klĕma
57. khyasaa
58. gone
59. Musling
60. Kilaam
61. KLEM (pashto)
62. PDF (persian)
63. Małż
64. Molusco
65. Kalaima
66. scoică
67. Mollyusk
68. Ui
69. *M (sanskrit)
70. Clach
71. KLM (sindhi)
72. klæm
73. Mussla
74. molljusk
75. Kiḷām
76. H̄xy
77. C*M (tigrinya)
78. deniz tarağı
79. gysgyç
80. molyusk
81. KLYM (urdu)
82. Yên tĩnh
83. Kilamu



Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
49 59%    21 25%   27 32%  18 21%     19  22%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
2    2%     15 17%    11 13%   2    2%       11 13%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
13 15%    2   2%      36 44%    48 58%    47   57%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
8    9%      10 11%   1    1%     10 11%      23 27%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
5    5%     2   2%       1    1%     3    3%       11 14%

Z      %
3    3%


Popularity of use
59% A:
58% L, A:
57% M, L, A: *M (Assamese), *LM* (dhivehi), *M (konkani), *M (sanskrit)
44% K, M, L, A: Klam, Klamm, KLM (sindhi), Klām,
32% I, K, M, L, A: Kilaam, Kalaima, Kiḷām, kilami, klaim,
27% S, I, K, M, L, A:
25% E, S, I, K, M, L, A: KLEM (pashto), klæm, Klĕma, Klēma, Klem,
22% U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Mussla, Kilamu, Ui, Maliusk,
21% O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Moliuskas, Samloka,
17% C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: scoică, C*M (tigrinya), Molusco, C* (maithili), C* (dogri), Mollusco, Cloïssa, Kclcn, Clam,
15% H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Muschel, Clach, Há,
14% Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: molyusk, KLYM (urdu), khyasaa, Klyāma, Mollyusk,
13% G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Mida, gysgyç, Kagyló, hadia, Mida,
11% R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Mpihady Cram, KPA* (sorani kurdish), Palome, Paloud, CDP* (hebrew), Hamaguri, Karp, Simpukka, Palourde,
9% N, R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: gone, Musling, hony, Gliemenes, Konko (esperanto), Kerang, Musling,
5% T, N, R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Kakghamort, Yên tĩnh, ktam,
3% Z, X, T, N, R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: H̄xy, deniz tarağı, Arzella, Małż, Ameixa, Txirla,
2% B, F, V, J, Z, X, T, N, R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: Sedef (kurmanji kurdish), PDF (persian), Škeble, kabibe, molljusk, Školjka, Almeja, Achiváda, Lavaka,
1% W, Q, B, F, V, J, Z, X, T, N, R, P, G, D, Y, H, C, O, U, E, S, I, K, M, L, A: molusqe, Tweekleppig schelpdier,





Conclusion: Originating in the A-L-M subgroup.
A-L-M subgroup           Sex         %        Dev. Chain
• Clam                             59%     (A; L; M; K; I; S)
• Milk                               45%     (A; L; M; E; I; K; U; S)
Notes: US

Partial Clams at 57% with the earliest full clams at 44%-32% (during which K, L, M are 100%). A bandgap occurs at 27% before returning at 25%. Popularity peaks at 17%, 11%, and 2% before declining down at 1%.