Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/paɲʔ

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: *paɲʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA057)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *paɲʔ (Shorto, 2006, #905)

Compare Proto-Austronesian *panaq (to shoot), Proto-Hmong-Mien *pənX (to shoot), and Proto-Kam-Sui *pɛŋh (to shoot) (Norquest, 2021).

Verb

*paɲʔ

  1. to shoot (an arrow)

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Jahaic:
      • Jahai: pɛɲ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *paɲ (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *paɲ (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
    • Pacoh: pánh
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *pəɲ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
    • Khmu: ປິຍ (piny)
  • Proto-Monic: *paɲ (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Proto-Mon: *pɔ̱n
    • Proto-Nyah Kur: *pɛ̱ɲ
  • Nicobarese:
    • Central Nicobarese: hafəɲ
  • Proto-Palaungic: *pɤɲ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *pəɲʔ (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