Where does “ฮละ” come from?

ฮละ (Eastern Lawa) comes from Proto-Palaungic *ʰlaʔ, from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaʔ — leaf.

ฮละ (Eastern Lawa): leaf

Definitions

  1. leaf

Ancestry of “ฮละ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Palaungic*ʰlaʔ—
2Proto-Mon-Khmerslaʔleaf
Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer slaʔ →Every word from Proto-Palaungic *ʰlaʔ →