Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/qluwˣ

This Proto-Hmong-Mien 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-Hmong-Mien edit

Alternative reconstructions edit

Ostapirat (2016)^[1] reconstructs *kl- as the initial.

Etymology edit

Cognate with Chinese 狗 (OC *koːʔ). Possibly related to Proto-Austronesian *(u-)(ŋ)kuɣkuɣ (“dog”). Old Chinese borrowed 狗 from a language that was ancestral to Hmong-Mien (Norman, 1988; Benedict, 1996).

Noun edit

*qluwˣ

dog

Descendants edit

Proto-Hmong: *qlæᴮ
- West Hmongic (Chuanqiandian)
  - Hmong
    - RPA: dev
    - Shua: dled
  - Bu-Nao Bunu: dleed
- Hmuic
  - Hmu
    - Northern: dlad

Proto-Mien:
- Iu Mien: juv

→? Chinese: 狗 (OC *koːʔ)

References edit

^ Ostapirat, Weera (2016) “Issues in the Reconstruction and Affiliation of Proto-Miao-Yao”, in Language and Linguistics‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, →DOI, pages 133–145

Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 104.

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