Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/klɛɔŋ

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs *kr- as the initial.

Etymology
Areal word; compare 🇨🇬 (Sidwell, 2024), as well as 🇨🇬.

Benedict (1987) suggests a Tibeto-Burman origin. He reconstructs *krɔŋᴬ for "Donor-Miao-Yao" (the Tibeto-Burman language that was the source of the Proto-Hmong-Mien word).

Noun

 * 1)  (of animal)

Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qaŋ³⁵ŋ̩³³
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: qaŋ³⁵ŋ̩³³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵ɕe³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: ki⁰³ki⁵³ȵ̩³¹
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: ki³³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: ki²⁴
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: ko¹³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: ki⁴⁴
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: ŋu¹³ku⁴⁴
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: ŋjo³³kjaŋ⁴⁴
 * Bana 巴那: kjon¹³ŋ̩³¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: jɔ³¹kjaŋ²²
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: kjoŋ³³vɔ²³¹
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: koŋ³³vo⁴⁴
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: tɕʰou¹³kuŋ³³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: tə⁰²kaŋ³¹
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²kɑŋ³¹
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: kə̃²⁴
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: koŋ³²ŋu⁵³
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ku⁵⁵ȵɦu³⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: ko⁴³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): ŋoŋ³¹tɕoːŋ³³
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): ŋuŋ³¹kɔŋ³³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): ŋɔŋ³³kjaŋ³⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ŋɔːŋ³³kjɔːŋ³⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: ŋoŋ³¹kjoːŋ³³
 * Luoxiang: ŋoŋ³¹kɔŋ³³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: ȵuŋ³¹klɔ³³
 * Shikou: ŋɔŋ⁵⁵kloŋ¹³
 * Niuweizhai: ŋɔŋ⁵³kɣɔ³³
 * Dzao Min (Daping): ŋ̩⁵³kɔu⁴⁴
 * Dzao Min (Daping): ŋ̩⁵³kɔu⁴⁴