Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/srɔ(ː)ʔ

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: *srɔ(ː)ʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA447)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *sruʔ (Shorto, 2006, #187)

Probably related to Proto-Austroasiatic *sroʔ (“taro”) as suggested by Ferlus (2010) (based on Shorto (2006)), arguing that rice and taro share the same cultivation niche.

Noun

*srɔ(ː)ʔ

  1. paddy rice
    Synonym: *ɓa(ː)ʔ
    Antonym: *rŋkoːʔ

Descendants

  • →? Old Chinese: 稻 (*[l]ˤuʔ, “paddy”) (Baxter & Sagart, 2014)
    • →? Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-lɔːʔ (“paddy rice”) (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Proto-Katuic: *sarɔɔ (“paddy rice”) (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *sroʔ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Monic: *srooʔ (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Munda:
    • Mundari: huɾu
    • Sora: sɑroː

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
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