Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/bnɨm

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: *b<n>ɨm (Sidwell, 2024, #AA141)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *bn₂uum ~ *bn₂əm (Shorto, 2006, #1369)

Noun

*bnɨm

hill, mound
Synonym: *doːl

Descendants

Proto-Aslian: *bənɨ(ɨ)m (“mountain”) (Phillips, 2012)
- Jah Hut: benam
- Jahaic:
  - Chewong: banim
- Semelaic:
  - Semelai: benem
Proto-Bahnaric: *bnɨm (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
Khmeric:
- Old Khmer: vnaṃ
  - Khmer: ភ្នំ (phnum)
    → Lao: ພະນົມ (pha nom)
    
    → Thai: พะเนิน (pá nəən)
Proto-Khmuic:
- Khmu: pnɨm (“termite hill”)
Munda:
- Santali: ᱵᱩᱱᱩᱢ (bunum, “termite hill, white ant hill”)
Proto-Palaungic: *pənɤm (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Pearic:
- Chong: pnɯ̂m (“ant hill”)
Vietic:
- >? Vietnamese: nấm (“mound”)

References

Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii