Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/rmɨl

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: *rmɨl (Sidwell, 2024, #AA431)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *[]mhuəl ~ *[ ]mhəl (Shorto, 2006, #1811)

Noun

*rmɨl

  1. cloud

Descendants

  • Proto-Bahnaric: *rməl (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *lmɨl (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Munda:
    • North Munda:
      • Kherwarian:
        • Birhor: रिमबिल
        • Ho: 𑣜𑣂𑣖𑣂𑣚
        • Mundari: रिमिल (rimil)
        • Santali: ᱨᱤᱢᱤᱞ (rimil)
    • South Munda:
      • Koraput Munda:
        • North Koraput:
          • Gata': [Term?] (/⁠trigdeʔ⁠/)
        • South Koraput:
          • Bondo: [Term?] (/⁠tiribɖak⁠/)
      • Central Munda:
        • Kharia: तिरिब
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-məl (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006), Paul Sidwell, Doug Cooper, Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024), “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii