< Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer
Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/mraik
Proto-Mon-Khmer
Etymology
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *mraik (Shorto, 2006, #416)
Maybe a Wanderwort. Likely cognate to Santali ᱢᱟᱨᱟᱜ (marak’). Compare Proto-Dravidian *mayil- (“peacock”), whence Tamil மயில் (mayil) and Malayalam മയില് (mayil). Malay merak and Acehnese meurak (< Proto-Chamic *əmraːk) are likely borrowed from a Bahnaric language.
Proto-Karen *braɁᴰ (“peacock”), whence S'gaw Karen ထိၣ်ပှာ် (htòpghạ), may also be loaned from this root.
Noun
*mraik
- peacock
Descendants
- Bahnaric: *braːk (Sidwell, 2011)
- Central Bahnaric
- Bahnar: ămră
→ Malay: merak
- Bahnar: ămră
- South Bahnaric
- Sre [Koho]: bra
- Chrau: vraq
→ Proto-Chamic: *əmraːk
→ Acehnese: meurak
- Central Bahnaric
- Katuic: *braak ~ *raak (Sidwell, 2005)
- Pacoh: rac
- Palaungic: *braak (Sidwell, 2010)
- Riang: [plɑk²]
- Monic
- Old Mon: mrek, mreṅ
→ Old Javanese: mrak
- Modern Mon: မြာ် (pəràik)
- Old Mon: mrek, mreṅ
- Khmeric
- Modern Khmer: មោរៈ (moorĕəʾ)
- Nicobaric
- Car Nicobarese: fum-rech (fɯmɾec)