Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/taːʔ

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: *taːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA153)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ʔt₁aʔ (Shorto, 2006, #68)

Compare Proto-Tai *taːᴬ.

Noun

*taːʔ

  1. grandfather

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Temiar: taːʔ
  • Bahnaric:
    • Central:
      • Alak: taː
      • Tareng: taː
  • Proto-Khasian: *tʰaː (Sidwell, 2018) (see there for further descendants)
  • Khmeric:
  • Proto-Khmuic: *taʔ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
  • Mangic:
    • Bolyu: ta³¹
  • Munda:
    • Mundari: tata
    • Sora: tata
  • Proto-Palaungic: *taʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *taːʔ (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