Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/əmraːk

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 This Proto-Chamic 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-Chamic

Etymology

From an Austroasiatic language, possibly from Proto-Bahnaric *braːk (“peacock”), whence Bahnar ămră and Chrau vraq, and, more distantly, Mon မြာ် (pəràik). Ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *mraik (“peacock”).

Possibly an area word of Southeast Asia. Compare for instance Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (“peacock”).

Noun

*əmraːk

  1. peacock

Descendants

  • Acehnese: meurak
  • Coastal Chamic
  • Highlands Chamic

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 350

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