Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/sroʔ

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: *sroʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA084)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *t₂rawʔ (Shorto, 2006, #1850.A)

Probably related to Proto-Austroasiatic *srɔ(ː)ʔ (“paddy rice”). See there for more.

Noun

*sroʔ

  1. taro

Descendants

  • Proto-Katuic: *ʔaroʔ ~ *ʔaraw (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khasian: *ʧruː (Sidwell, 2018) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *sroʔ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Monic: *traw (Diffloth, 1984)
    • Mon: ကြဴ
  • Munda:
    • Mundari: saɽu
    • Sora: saroː
  • Proto-Pakanic: *xɔ (< Pre-Pakanic: *rɔ) (Hsiu, 2016) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *səro:ʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *s-roːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

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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