Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/cɔʔ

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: *cɔʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA030)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *cɔʔ (Shorto, 2006, #41)

Compare also Proto-Austronesian *asu (a similar looking root, although a connection is dubious).

Noun

*cɔʔ

dog

Descendants

Proto-Aslian: *cuəʔ (Phillips, 2012)
- Jah Hut: cwǝʔ
- Jahaic:
  - Jahai: ʔacĩʔ
- Senoic:
  - Semai: chooq
  - Temiar: cuok
- Semelaic:
  - Semaq Beri: cɔ
  - Semelai: cɔ
Proto-Bahnaric: *cɔː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Katuic: *ʔacɔɔ (Sidwell, 2005)
- Pacoh: acho
- Kui: ʔacɔː
- Eastern Katu: a’choo
- Eastern Bru: acho
Proto-Khasian: *ksəw (Sidwell, 2012)
- Khasi: ksew, 'sew
Proto-Khmuic: *cɔʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khsing-Mul: cɔː
- O'du: cʌw
- Khmu: sɔʔ
- Phong: sɔː
Proto-Pakanic: *tsɔ (< Pre-Pakanic: *cɔ) (Hsiu, 2016)
- Bolyu: tsu⁵³
- Mang: θɔː¹
Proto-Palaungic: *cɔːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
- Plang:
  - La Gang: sóʔ
  - Man Noi: sóʔ
- Riang: soʔ¹
- Lamet: sɑʔ
- Lawa: sɔʔ
Proto-Pearic: *c(ɔ)ʔ (Headley, 1985)
- Chong: cʰoː
Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-cɔːʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
- Vietnamese: chó
- → Khmer: ច (cɑɑ, “Year of the Dog”)
  - → Thai: จอ (jɔɔ, “Year of the Dog”)

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