Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/rŋkoːʔ
Proto-Austroasiatic
Etymology
- Proto-Austroasiatic: *rŋkoːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA066)
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: *rk[aw]ʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1820)
Noun
*rŋkoːʔ
Descendants
- Aslian:
- Jah Hut: rukuʷɔʔ
- Proto-Khasian: *rkʰaːw (“rice”) (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
- Khmeric:
- Khmer: អង្ករ (ʼɑngkɑɑ)
- Khmuic:
- Khmu: rŋkoʔ
- Proto-Munda: *ruᴺku(ˀp/ˀk) (Rau, 2019)
- Kharia: rɔmkuˀb
- Sora: rʊŋkuː
- Proto-Palaungic: *rəŋkoːʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
- Pearic:
- Chong: rəkʰəw
- Proto-Vietic: *r-koːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
- Vietnamese: gạo
- → Proto-Tai: *C̬.qawꟲ (“rice”) (Sagart, 2003) (see there for further descendants)
- Thai: ข้าว (kâao, “rice”)
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