Where does “blu” come from?

blu (Bahnar) comes from Proto-Bahnaric bluː, from Proto-Mon-Khmer bluuʔ — thigh.

blu (Bahnar): upper leg, thigh

Definitions

  1. upper leg, thigh

Ancestry of “blu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Bahnaricbluːthigh
2Proto-Mon-Khmerbluuʔthigh
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer bluuʔ →Every word from Proto-Bahnaric bluː →