Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/miəŋʔ

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: *miəŋʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA076)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *miəɲʔ (Shorto, 2006, #911.B)

Noun

*miəŋʔ

  1. mouth
    Synonym: *mɔːɲ
  2. jaw
    Synonym: *tmo(ː)kʔ

Descendants

  • Proto-Aslian: *miɛŋ (“cheek”) (Phillips, 2012)
    • Semai: miing
    • Semelai: mɛŋ
  • Bahnaric:
    • Proto-North Bahnaric: *mɛːŋ (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Katuic:
    • Eastern Bru: təmɛɛŋ ("cheek")
  • Proto-Khasian: *miaŋ (“cheek, jaw”) (Sidwell, 2018) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmuic:
    • Khmu: miəŋ
  • Monic:
    • Mon: သမၚ် (“side of the jaw”)
  • Pearic:
    • Chong: kamɛːˀŋ ("jaw")
  • Proto-Vietic: *mɛːŋʔ (“mouth”) > *C-mɛːŋʔ (“mouthful”) (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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