Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/muːh

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: *muːh ~ *muːɕ (Sidwell, 2024 #AA003)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *muh ~ *muuh ~ *muus (Shorto, 2006, #2045)

Noun

*muːh

nose

Descendants

Proto-Aslian: *mɔɔh (Phillips, 2012)
- Jahaic:
  - Cheq Wong: mɔ̃h
  - Jahai: mɔh
  - Kensiu: mwõh
- Senoic:
  - Semai: moh ~ muh
  - Temiar: mǝ:h
- Semelaic:
  - Semaq Beri: muh
  - Semelai: muh
Proto-Bahnaric: *muh (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Katuic: *moh (Sidwell, 2005)
- Bru: mṳh
- Kui: mṳh
- Pacoh: móuh
Khmeric:
- Khmer: ច្រមុះ (crɑmoh)
Proto-Khmuic: *mu/ɔh (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: muh
- Mlabri: mɔh
- T'in: moh
Mangic:
- Bolyu: mi³¹
- Mang: myː¹
Monic:
- Old Mon: moḥ
  - Mon: မိုဟ် (mùh)
Munda:
- North Munda:
  - Santali: ᱢᱩ (mu, “nose”)
Proto-Nicobarese: *moah (Sidwell, 2018)
- Car Nicobarese: meh
- Central Nicobarese: moah, moaṅh
Proto-Palaungic: *muːs (Sidwell, 2015)
- Plang:
  - La Gang: mɯ̀h
  - Man Noi: mɤ̤́h
Proto-Vietic: *muːs (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