allofam

English

From allo- +‎ fam (“abbreviation of family”).

allofam (plural allofams)

Examples
Proto-Sino-Tibetan r-na would be the allofam from r/g-na which gave rise to རྣ་བ (rna ba, “ear”).

(usually in Sino-Tibetan linguistics) a linguistic form (attested or reconstructed word) which belongs to a particular word family.