Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bruʔ

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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)

Compare Santali ᱵᱩᱨᱩ (buru, hill, mountain). Khasi briew, Pnar bru (person) may also belong to this etymology.

Noun

*bruʔ

  1. hill, mountain

Descendants

  • Proto-Katuic: *ɓruu (mountain) (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: bruː
    • Kui: bruː
    • Ngeq: pruː
    • Ong: bruː
  • Proto-Vietic: *b-ruːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
    • Viet-Muong:
      • Vietnamese: