Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/skaːmʔ

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: *skaːmʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA076)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *skaamʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1313)

Noun

*skaːmʔ

  1. bran, husk

Descendants

  • Proto-Katuic: *ʔŋkaam (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *skaːm (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
    • Surin Khmer: ŋkaːm (Dhanan, 1978)
  • Khmuic:
    • Khmu: hŋkaːm
  • Proto-Monic: *(cŋ)kaam (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Proto-Mon: *ka̱m
      • Mon: ကာံ (kam)
    • Proto-Nyah Kur: *()ŋka̱am
  • Proto-Palaungic: *skaːm (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Pakanic:
    • Bolyu: qam⁵³
  • Proto-Vietic: *t-kaːmʔ (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