Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/m-nɔk

This Proto-Hmong-Mien entry contains reconstructed words 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 *Ĉ.nokᴰ (“bird”), Proto-Austronesian *manuk (“bird”).

Noun

*m-nɔk

bird (animal)

Descendants

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)
      - Hmong
        RPA: noog
      - A-Hmao
      - Bunu: nangs
    - North Hmongic (Qo Xiong)
    - East Hmongic (Hmu)
Mienic
*nɔkᴰ
- Biao Mìn
- Iu Mien: norqc
- Zao Min