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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.
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Proto-Vietic
Etymology
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ml(əw) (“betel”).
Noun
*b-luː
- betel
Descendants
- Chứt:
- Arem: ulɐ̀w
- Sách: pluː²
- Rục: plùː
- Maleng:
- Thavung: pəluː²
- Tho:
- Pong: *pluː² (Ferlus, 2007)
- Liha: plow²
- Toum: plow²
- Phong: pʰuː²
- Viet-Muong:
- Muong: trù, tlù
- Middle Vietnamese: 𣞾 (blàu)
- Vietnamese: trầu
- Northern Vietnamese: giầu
- North Central Vietnamese: trù