Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/mraːkʔ

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

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Etymology

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  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *mraːkʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA244)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *mraik (Shorto, 2006, #416)

Maybe a Wanderwort. Likely cognate to Santali ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (marak’). Compare Proto-Dravidian *mayVr (peacock), whence Tamil மயில் (mayil) and Malayalam മയിൽ (mayil). Malay merak and Acehnese meurak (< Proto-Chamic *əmraːk) are likely borrowed from a Bahnaric language.

Proto-Karen *braɁᴰ (peacock), whence S'gaw Karen ထိၣ်ပှာ် (hṭoh̀ phgạ), may also be loaned from this root.

Noun

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*mraːkʔ

  1. peacock

Descendants

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