Reconstruction:Proto-Hmong-Mien/pji̯əuˣ

Alternative reconstructions
Ostapirat (2016) reconstructs *pˠ- as the Proto-Hmong-Mien initial, and also Proto-Mienic *pˠeu.

Etymology
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Descendants

 * Hmongic
 * Pa Hng
 * Pa Hng - Gundong 滚董: tjei³¹
 * Hm Nai - Mao'ao 毛坳: pjei³¹³
 * North Hmongic
 * West Xiangxi (Xong) - Layiping 腊乙坪: qo³⁵pji⁴⁴
 * East Xiangxi (Suang) - Xiaozhang 小章: pji⁵⁵
 * East Hmongic
 * North Qiandong - Yanghao 养蒿: tsen³⁵
 * East Qiandong - Caidiwan 菜地湾: tsen³⁵
 * South Qiandong - Yaogao 尧告: tɕi⁵³
 * West Qiandong (Raojia) - Heba 河坝: pei¹³
 * Sheic
 * Younuo 优诺: pji³³
 * Jiongnai - Longhua 龙华: pji⁵³
 * Bana 巴那: pji⁴⁴
 * She - Xiashuicun 下水村: tɔŋ³³pji⁵⁵
 * West Hmongic
 * Bunu
 * Dongnu - Qibainong 七百弄: pji⁵³
 * Nunu - Xishan 西山: pi³⁵
 * Numao - Yaolu 瑶麓: pji¹³
 * Core
 * East Luobuohe (Xijia) - Shibanqiao 石板寨: qo⁰⁵pzi⁵⁵
 * West Luobuohe - Gaozhai 高寨: ʔə⁰²pje⁵⁵/tse⁵⁵
 * Huishui - Gaopo 高坡: pi¹³
 * Mashan - Zongdi 宗地: pei⁴²
 * A-Hmao - Shimenpo 石门坡: tsɿ⁵⁵
 * Chuanqiandian - Dananshan 大南山: tsi⁵⁵
 * Mienic
 * Mien
 * Guangdian (Jiangdi): pjou⁵²
 * Xiangnan (Miaoziyuan): pjəu⁵³
 * Kim Mun
 * Diangui (Liangzi): pjou⁵⁴⁵
 * Fanghai (Tansan): ʔpjɔu⁵⁵
 * Biao Mon
 * Changping: pjəu⁵³
 * Luoxiang: pjəu⁵³
 * Biao Min
 * Dongshan: pjau³⁵
 * Shikou: bjɔu³⁵
 * Niuweizhai: pjəu³⁵
 * Dzao Min (Daping): a⁴⁴bɛu²⁴