Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/krɨŋ

This Proto-Austroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Austroasiatic

Etymology

  • Proto-Austroasiatic: *krɨŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA313)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *d₂raŋ (Shorto, 2006, #699.A)

An areal Wanderwort; compare Proto-Sino-Tibetan *krəw (> Old Chinese 觥 (*kʷraːŋ)), Proto-Hmong-Mien *klɛɔŋ and Proto-Austronesian *(q)uReŋ (> Berawan ugung).

Noun

*krɨŋ

  1. horn

Descendants

  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kriːŋ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *rəŋ (Sidwell, 2018) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khmuic: *ɟnra₁ŋ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants) (infixed derivation)
    • Khmu: cndrɨŋ
  • Monic:
  • Proto-Munda: *dəraŋ (Rau, 2019) (see there for further descendants)
    • Santali: ᱫᱤᱨᱤᱧ (diriñ)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *-rɤŋ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-rəŋ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii
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