Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/mraːkʔ

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *mraːkʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA244)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *mraik (Shorto, 2006, #416)

Maybe a Wanderwort. Likely cognate to 🇨🇬. Compare 🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬. 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬 (< 🇨🇬) are likely borrowed from a Bahnaric language.

🇨🇬, whence 🇨🇬, may also be loaned from this root.

Noun

 * 1) peacock

Descendants

 * (Sidwell, 2011)
 * Central Bahnaric
 * South Bahnaric
 * Sre [Koho]:
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Monic
 * Modern
 * Nicobaric
 * (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Monic
 * Modern
 * Nicobaric
 * Monic
 * Modern
 * Nicobaric
 * Nicobaric