Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/m-nɔk

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

Etymology

Cognate with Proto-Tai *C̬.nokᴰ (“bird”), Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird”).[1]

Noun

*m-nɔk

bird (animal)

Descendants

Proto-Hmong: *m-nɔŋᶜ
- Pa-Hng
  - Pa-Hng (Gundong): /taŋ³⁵ moŋ⁴⁴/
  - Pa-Hng (Wenjie): /tɔ̃³⁵ mõ⁴⁴/
  - Pa-Hng (Huxingshan): /taŋ³⁵ nuŋ³¹/
- (Main branch)
  - Jiongnai
    - Jiongnai (Longhua): /nɔuŋ²²/
    - Jiongnai (Liuxiang): /nɔ²¹/
  - Ho Ne (She)
  - (Core Hmongic)
    - West Hmongic (Chuanqiandian)
      - White Hmong: noog
      - A-Hmao
      - Bunu: nangs
    - North Hmongic (Qo Xiong)
    - East Hmongic (Hmu)
Proto-Mien: *nɔkᴰ
- Biao Mìn
- Iu Mien: norqc
- Zao Min

References

Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 58; 235; 277.

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[1] Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 58; 235; 277.