Where does “buːʔ” come from?

buːʔ (Proto-Vietic) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔbuuʔ — to suck at the breast, to suckle.

Ancestry of “buːʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerʔbuuʔto suck at the breast, to suckle

Words derived from “buːʔ

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer ʔbuuʔ
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