Where does “luŋ” come from?

luŋ (Proto-Mon-Khmer) comes from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ — stone.

luŋ (Proto-Mon-Khmer): above, on

Definitions

  1. above, on

Ancestry of “luŋ”, step by step

luŋ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Sino-Tibetan*rV-luŋstone

via Proto-Tibeto-Burman *m-lu(ŋ/m)

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Tibeto-Burman*m-lu(ŋ/m)—

Words derived from “luŋ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *rV-luŋ →