Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/douˣ

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬 'to burn, kindle' (Matisoff, 2015)

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qa⁰³tau¹¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: qa⁰³teu¹¹
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: pji⁴⁴tə²²
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: bo³³da⁵⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tu¹¹
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: to²¹²
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ta²⁴¹
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: to²¹
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: teu³²
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: tau³¹
 * Bana 巴那: to³¹
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tʰɔ⁵³
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: ʔa⁰²to²³¹
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: tʰo⁴⁴
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: to⁵³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵zo⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²ðo⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: tə³¹
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: tɯ¹¹
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: dey³³
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: teu²¹
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): tou²³¹
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): təu²³²
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): tou³²
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ʔtɔu³¹
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: tau¹²¹
 * Luoxiang: tou²¹³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: təu⁴²
 * Shikou: teu³¹
 * Niuweizhai: tʰu⁴³³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴tu⁴⁴