Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ruŋ
Proto-Mon-Khmer
editEtymology 1
edit- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ruŋ ~ *ruuŋ ~ *ruəŋ (Shorto, 2006)
Noun
edit*ruŋ
Descendants
edit- → Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *kl(j)u(ŋ/k) (“river, valley”)
- Old Chinese: 江 (OC *kroːŋ, “river”) and possibly 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ, “valley”)
- derivate: 港 (OC *kroːŋʔ, *ɡloːŋs, “harbour”)
→ Vietnamese: giang (“river”)
- Written Tibetan: ལྗོངས (ljongs, “valley”), ཀླུང་མ (klung ma, “river, stream”), ལུང་པ (lung pa, “river”)
- Burmese: ချောင်း (hkyaung:, “stream, brook, creek”)
- Tavoyan: ခ္လောင်း (“stream, brook, crekk”)
- Old Chinese: 江 (OC *kroːŋ, “river”) and possibly 谷 (OC *ɦkroːɡ, *kloːɡ, *ɡ·loːɡ, “valley”)
- Proto-Bahnaric: *k-rɔɔŋ ("river") (Sidwell, 2011)
- Proto-Katuic: *rɔɔŋ (“river, stream”) (Sidwell, 2005)
- Khmeric
- Monic: *krooŋ ("river, stream, creek") (Diffloth, 1984)
- Mon: ကြုၚ် (krɜŋ, “river”)
- Proto-Palaungic: *rɔŋ (“river valley”) (Sidwell, 2010)
- Waic: *klɔŋ (Diffloth, 1980)
- Wa: klawng (/klɔŋ/, “river”)
- Waic: *klɔŋ (Diffloth, 1980)
- Pearic
- Chong: /kʰrɑːŋ/
- Proto-Vietic: *k-roːŋ (Ferlus, 2007) (?)
→ Eastern Cham: krăwng (/krɔŋ/, “river”)
- >? Old Javanese: lwah (“river”)
Etymology 2
edit- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ruŋ ~ *ruuŋ ~ *ruəŋ (Shorto, 2006)
Verb
edit*ruŋ