< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/briiʔ
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology 1
*briiʔ (Shorto R180)
- sky
- rain
Descendants
- Old Mon: brey /brɔy/
- Modern Mon: pròa ("rain")
- Vietic: *b-ləːj ("sky")
- Middle Vietnamese: blời ("sky, weather")
- Modern Vietnamese: trời (“sky, weather”), giời (“sky, weather”)
Etymology 2
*briiʔ (Shorto R181)
- forest
Descendants
- Old Khmer: vrai
- Modern Khmer: ព្រៃ (prɨy) (prèy)
- Vietnamese:
- Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects: ri as in rú ri