Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/-keːʔ

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.

Proto-Vietic

Etymology

The same word as what reconstructed as Proto-Vietic *p-keːʔ (“wife”) (Ferlus), whence Chut [Rục] məkiː³ and North Central Vietnamese gấy.

Noun

*-keːʔ

1. woman, female

Descendants

• → Eastern Han Chinese (Shuowen Jiezi; Cao Wei-Sima Jin): 妓 (LHC kie, ɡie^B)
• Arem: keːʔ
• Chut:
  • Rục: pəkiː³
  • Sách: pəkiː³
• Malieng: keː³
• Thavung: kəː³
• Tho:
  • Cuối Chăm: keː³
  • Làng Lỡ: keː³
• Viet-Muong:
  • Muong:
    • Hoà Bình: cải
    • Sơn La: kaːj³
  • Middle Vietnamese: 丐 (cái, gái)
    • Vietnamese: cái, gái
      • North Central Vietnamese: cấy, gấy

Antonyms

• *p-laːl