Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/mu̯ɛjᴴ

Etymology
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Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: qoŋ³⁵mei⁴⁴
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: la⁰³me³¹
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: lə⁴⁴qe³⁵
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: qa⁰³mi¹³
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: n̥ju³³mɛ¹³
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: qa³³mi⁵³
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: n̥ju¹³mo²²
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pei¹³me²²
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: ki⁵⁵mo³²
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: mɒ¹¹tʃen⁴⁴
 * Bana 巴那: pi⁴⁴ke³¹³
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: ka⁰³kʰɔ⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: kʰaŋ⁵³məŋ²²
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pi³⁵muəŋ²²
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: luŋ⁵³maŋ³¹
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: ʔa⁰²ma²⁴
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: tə⁰²qʰoŋ⁵⁵ma³⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: mə̃²²
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: moŋ¹³
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: ʔa⁵⁵ma⁵³
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: mua¹³
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): mwei¹³tsiːŋ³³
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): n̩³¹tsiŋ³³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): mei²²
 * Fanghai (Tansan): mɛi³²ŋan³³
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: mui²²
 * Luoxiang: mwei¹¹
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: mi⁵³tɕɛ³³
 * Shikou: mai¹³
 * Niuweizhai: mwei³¹
 * Dzao Min (Daping): mai⁵³tɛŋ⁴⁴