Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/wac

This Proto-Mon-Khmer 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.
Although the label of Proto-Mon-Khmer has mostly been abandoned or rejected, this reconstruction, which sourced from Shorto (2006)'s reconstruction for Proto-Mon-Khmer, currently does not have an appropriate Proto-Austroasiatic reconstruction. This reconstruction therefore should not be taken at face value as a state-of-the-art reconstruction for Proto-Austroasiatic, but instead ought to be treated as a valid cognate set.

Proto-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *wac ~ *waac (Shorto, 2006, #864)

Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wasay (“axe”) and Old Chinese 戉 (OC *[ɢ]ʷat, “large battle-axe”) (B&S 2014).

Noun

*wac

  1. knife, sword

Descendants

  • Khasian: *wac (Sidwell, 2012)
    • Khasi: wait
  • Palaungic: *ʋaːc (Sidwell, 2015)
    • Lawa:
      • of Umpai: wiaic
    • Riang:
      • of Lang: wɑc²
    • Wa:
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