Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/skaːcʔ

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: *skaːcʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA238)
    • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ksac ~ *ksaac (Shorto, 2006, #874)

    This root shows the tendency of having infixed or metathetic forms in descendant branches.

    Compare Proto-Katuic *skaɲ.

    Noun

    *skaːcʔ

    1. sand

    Descendants

    • Khmeric: *ksac (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
      • Khmer: ខ្សាច់ (khsac)
    • Proto-Khmuic: *kaːc (Sidwell, 2013)
      • Phong: kaːc
    • Mangic:
      • Mang: mat⁷?
    • Proto-Palaungic: *-saːc, *smaːc (Sidwell, 2015)
      • Riang: mac¹
      • Lamet: maːc
      • Lawa: hmac
    • Proto-Vietic: *t-kaːc (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
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