Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/laːs

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

Compare Proto-Katuic *laas, *lɨas (“tongue, to lick”).

Noun

*laːs

1. tongue

Descendants

• Arem: lìəh
• Chut:
  • Rục: lə̀alʰ²
  • Sách: lə̀alʰ²
• Kha Pong: laːj⁵⁶
• Malieng: ləaɯʰ²
• Proto-Pong: *laːc⁸
  • Liha: laːc⁸
  • Phong: laːc⁸
  • Toum: laːc⁸
• Thavung: lajʰ¹
• Tho:
  • Cuối Chăm: lɐːl⁶
  • Làng Lỡ: laːn⁵⁶
• Viet-Muong:
  • Muong: lãi
  • Proto-Vietnamese:
    • Northern Old Vietnamese: 礼 (Phật thuyết)
      • Northern Middle Vietnamese: lưởi, lưỡi, lưẩi (de Rhodes, 1651)
        • Northern Vietnamese: lưỡi
    • North Central Vietnamese: lãi, lại, lãn
    • Southern Vietnamese: lưỡi