Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/b-ləːj

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

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”).

Noun

*b-ləːj

1. sky

Descendants

• Chứt:
  • Sách: pləːj²
  • Rục: pləːj²
• Tho:
  • Cuoi Cham: blơi (bləːj¹)
  • Lang Lo: ʐɨəj²
• Pong: *pləːj² (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Liha: pləːj
  • Toum: pləːj
  • Phong: pləːj
• Viet-Muong:
  • Muong: blời, tlời
  • Nguôn: trời
  • Middle Vietnamese: 𡗶 (blời)
    • Modern Vietnamese: trời (“sky, weather”), giời (“sky, weather”)