Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/mraːkʔ

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: *mraːkʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA244)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *mraik (Shorto, 2006, #416)

Compare Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (“peacock”) (whence Tamil மயில் (mayil) and Malayalam മയിൽ (mayil)).

Noun

*mraːkʔ

peacock

Descendants

Proto-Bahnaric: *braːk (Sidwell, 2011)
- Central Bahnaric:
  - Bahnar: ămră
    → Malay: merak
    
    → Old Javanese: mrak
- South Bahnaric:
  - Sre [Koho]: bra
  - Chrau: vraq
    → Proto-Chamic: *əmraːk (> Acehnese: meurak (inherited))
Proto-Katuic: *braak ~ *raak (Sidwell, 2005)
- Eastern Bru: riac
- Pacoh: rac
Monic:
- Old Mon: mrek, mreṅ
  - Mon: မြာ် (pəràik)
Munda:
- North Munda:
  - Santali: ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (marak’)
- South Munda:
  - Kharia: ma'raʔ
  - Sora: mara
Nicobarese:
- Car Nicobarese: fum-rech (fɯmɾec)
→? Proto-Karen: *braɁᴰ (“peacock”)
- S'gaw Karen: ထိၣ်ပှာ် (hṭoh̀ phgạ)

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