Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/c-ruː

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

• Proto-Vietic: *c-ruː ~ kʰluː (Ferlus, 2007)

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟruuʔ ~ *ɟruh ~ *rɟuh (“deep”).

Adjective

*c-ruː

1. deep

Descendants

• Arem: cirùː
• Chut:
  • Rục: ʈuː²
  • Sách: ʈuː²
• Kha Pong: səruː²
• Malieng: kəɣuː²
• Thavung: tʰuː²
• Tho:
  • Cuối Chăm: kʰluː²
• Viet-Muong:
  • Muong:
    • Bi: khu
  • Proto-Vietnamese:
    • Northern Old Vietnamese:
      • Early Northern Middle Vietnamese: 溇 (Quốc âm Thi tập)
        • Late Northern Middle Vietnamese: sâu (de Rhodes, 1651)
          • Northern Vietnamese: sâu
    • North Central Vietnamese: su
    • Southern Vietnamese: sâu