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This Proto-Vietic 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.
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Proto-Vietic
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”).
Noun
*b-ləːj
- sky
Descendants
- Chứt:
- Tho:
- Cuoi Cham: blơi (bləːj¹)
- Lang Lo: ʐɨəj²
- Pong: *pləːj² (Ferlus, 2007)
- Liha: pləːj
- Toum: pləːj
- Phong: pləːj
- Viet-Muong:
- Muong: blời, tlời
- Nguôn: trời
- Middle Vietnamese: 𡗶 (blời)
- Modern Vietnamese: trời (“sky, weather”), giời (“sky, weather”)