Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/priəl

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: *priəl (Sidwell, 2024, #AA025)

Three branches (Khmuic, Monic, Vietic) show *-l-r, other branches show *-r-l. Both Shorto (2006) and Sidwell (2024) consider the forms with *-r-l to be primary, with the three aforementioned branches undergoing metathesis.

*priəl

1. hail

• Bahnaric: *priəl (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Katuic: *parial (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Eastern Bru: parễl
  • Pacoh: pareal
• Khasian: *pʰria (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Pnar: phria
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ព្រិល (prɨl)
• Khmuic: *pliər (Sidwell, 2013) (metathesis?)
  • Khmu:
    • Cuang: pliər
  • Khsing-Mul: bleːl
• Monic: *pliir (Diffloth, 1984) (metathesis?)
  • Mon: ပၠဳ
• Munda:
  • North Munda:
    • Santali: ᱟᱨᱮᱞ (arel)
• Palaungic: *priɛl (Sidwell, 2015)
• Vietic: *p-lɛːr (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants) (metathesis?)

• Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎, volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii