Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/jalaːn

This Proto-Chamic 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-Chamic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zalan, from Proto-Austronesian *zalan.

Noun

*jalaːn

  1. road; path

Descendants

  • Acehnese: leuen
  • Coastal Chamic
    • Cham
      • Eastern Cham: ꨎꨤꩆ / jalan
      • Western Cham: جالان / jalan
    • Haroi: čəlɨan
  • Highlands Chamic
    • Chru–Northern Chamic
      • Chru: jơlàn
      • Northern Chamic
        • Northern Roglai: jalàt
        • Tsat: laːn¹¹
    • Jarai–Rhade

References

  • Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press