Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/k-ləːŋʔ

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.

Proto-Vietic

Etymology

From Proto-Austroasiatic *pnləːŋʔ (“egg”).

Similarity to Proto-Khmuic *kʔloŋ (“egg”) (whence Puoc kloŋ and Khmu [Cuang] kdoŋ) is probably coincidental, since it involved both an irregular vowel correspondence and metathesis of the glottal stop.

In many conservative Vietic languages, this item was displaced by *t-luːrʔ (> Arem ulʊːlʔ, Thavung ตะลู้น), which is an Austronesian loan (cf. Malay telur).

Noun

*k-ləːŋʔ

  1. egg

Descendants

  • Muong: tlởng
  • Nguôn: trớng
  • Middle Vietnamese: 𠨡 (tlứng)
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