Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/prɔːkʔ

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: *prɔːkʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA091)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *prɔɔk (Shorto, 2006, #412.A)

Compare Proto-Tai *roːkᴰ (squirrel).

Noun

*prɔːkʔ

  1. squirrel

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Semai: perook
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *prɔɔʔ (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
    • Khuen: prɔːk
  • Monic:
  • Proto-Palaungic: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Riang:
      • Sak: sᵊrɔʔ¹
  • Proto-Vietic: *prɔːk (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, page 159
  • 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