Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɟriːʔ

This Proto-Austroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austroasiatic

Etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *ɟriːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA064)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɟriiʔ (Shorto, 2006, #170)

Noun

*ɟriːʔ

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Synonym: *lwa(ː)ʔ
banyan

Descendants

Proto-Bahnaric: *ɟriː (“banyan”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Katuic: *ɟarii ~ *ʔarii (Sidwell, 2005)
- Bru: ʔari̤ː
- Pacoh: iri
- Sô: ciri̤i
- Souei: cra̤j
Proto-Khasian: *ʤriː (“banyan”) (Sidwell, 2018)
- Khasi: jri
- Pnar: ɟri
Khmeric:
- Old Khmer: jrai
  - Khmer: ជ្រៃ (crɨy, “Ficus benghalensis”)
  - → Thai: ไทร (sai, “banyan”)
Proto-Khmuic: *ɟriʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
Proto-Monic: *ɟrəj (Diffloth, 1984)
- Old Mon: jrey, jreai
  - Mon: ဇြဲ (sòa)
Proto-Palaungic: *ɟriːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
- Danaw: kᵊriʔ¹
- Riang: cᵊriʔ² ~ tjᵊriʔ²
Pearic:
- Chong:
  - Chantaburi: ʨʰi̤ː
- Samre: sri̤ː
Proto-Vietic: *ɟ-riː (“banyan”) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
- Vietnamese: si

References

Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii