Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/tkan

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: *tkan (Sidwell, 2024, #AA261)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *d₁kan (Shorto, 2006, #1129)

Noun

*tkan

bamboo rat

Descendants

Proto-Aslian: *dəka(a)n (Phillips, 2012)
- Jah Hut: dkaŋ
- Semelaic:
  - Semelai: dkan
    - → Malay: dekan (“Rhizomys sumatrensis”)
      - → Indonesian: dêkan
Proto-Khasian: *dkʰan (Sidwell, 2012) (see there for further descendants)
- Khasi: dkhan
Proto-Khmuic: *tkan (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Vietic: *kanʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
- Muong: cẳn

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