Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/əmraːk

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
  • Cham
    • Western Chamic: amrak, mrak
• Highlands Chamic
  • Jarai: amrăk
  • Rade: ămrăk

References

Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 350