Where does “ruŋʔ” come from?
ruŋʔ (Proto-Vietic) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋ — river, channel; to fall, to drop off.
Ancestry of “ruŋʔ”, step by step
ruŋʔ traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Proto-Mon-Khmer ruŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ruŋ | river, channel; to fall, to drop off |
via Proto-Mon-Khmer ruuŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ruuŋ | — |
via Proto-Mon-Khmer ruəŋ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Mon-Khmer | ruəŋ | ridge; spine; back; the fall, to drop off |
Words derived from “ruŋʔ”