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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
Reconstructions
- Proto-Vietic: *c-ruː ~ kʰluː (Ferlus, 2007)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɟruːʔ (“deep”).
Adjective
*c-ruː
- deep
Descendants
- Arem: cirùː
- Chut:
- Kha Pong: səruː²
- Malieng: kəɣuː²
- Thavung: tʰuː²
- Tho:
- Viet-Muong:
- Muong:
- Proto-Vietnamese:
- Northern Old Vietnamese:
- Early Northern Middle Vietnamese: 溇 (Quốc âm Thi tập)
- Late Northern Middle Vietnamese: sâu (de Rhodes, 1651)
- North Central Vietnamese: su
- Southern Vietnamese: sâu