Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bruʔ

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: *bruʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA322)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bruuʔ (Shorto, 2006, #182)

Noun

*bruʔ

  1. hill, mountain

Descendants

  • Proto-Katuic: *ɓruu (“mountain”) (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: bruː
    • Kui: bruː
    • Ngeq: pruː
    • Ong: bruː
  • Khasic:
    • Khasi: briew (“person”)
    • Eastern Bru: briew (“person”)
  • Munda:
  • Proto-Vietic: *b-ruːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
    • North Central Vietnamese: rú

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
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