Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/ɟruːʔ

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: *ɟruːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA019)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh.(#172)

Cognate with Gata' ciri and Bondo siri-.

Adjective

*ɟruːʔ

1. deep

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Senoic: *ɟəreeʔ
    • Semai: jereeq
    • Temiar: jeruk
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: ɟruh
• Proto-Bahnaric: *ɟruʔ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *ɟruu(ʔ) (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: ntrṳː
  • Kui: nthrṳː
  • Pacoh: chru, tru
• Khasic: *ɟləəw (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khasi: jylliew
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ជ្រៅ (crɨw)
• Proto-Khmuic: *ɟruʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: ɟruʔ
  • Mlabri: ɟruʔ
• Mangic:
  • Bolyu: ɣau¹³
  • Mang: pjuː³
• Monic: *ɟrɔh (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Old Mon: rjuḥ
    • Mon: ဇြောဟ် (sòh)
• Nicobaric: *ciɹaʋ (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Car Nicobarese: a-ṛū
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: chiyàu
• Proto-Palaungic: *ɟruːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang: tjᵊruʔ² ~ cᵊruʔ²
• Proto-Vietic: *c-ruː/*kʰluː (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
• →? Old Javanese: jro (“interior; inner part; depth”)
  • Javanese: ꦗꦼꦫꦺꦴ (jero)
  • → Balinese: ᬚᭂᬭᭀ (jero)
    • → Indonesian: jero