Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/b-ləːj

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

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Oft-repeated but extremely suspect etymology. *l and *r didn't just shift around willy-nilly at this stage of Vietic, and the vowel shift is very weird as well. This etymon is best abandoned.”

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *briiʔ (“sky, rain”).

Noun

*b-ləːj

sky

Descendants

Chứt:
- Sách: pləːj²
- Rục: pləːj²
Tho:
- Cuoi Cham: blơi (bləːj¹)
- Lang Lo: ʐɨəj²
Pong: *pləːj² (Ferlus, 2007)
- Liha: pləːj
- Toum: pləːj
- Phong: pləːj
Viet-Muong:
- Muong: blời, tlời
- Nguôn: trời
- Middle Vietnamese: 𡗶 (blời)
  - Modern Vietnamese: trời (“sky, weather”), giời (“sky, weather”)