Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kneːʔ
Proto-Austroasiatic
Etymology
- Proto-Austroasiatic: *kneːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA062)
- Proto-Mon-Khmer: kn₁[i]ʔ (Shorto, 2006, #93)
Noun
*kneːʔ
Descendants
- Aslian: *kaniɛʔ (Phillips, 2012)
- Jahaic:
- Cheq Wong: knɛ̃ʔ
- Senoic:
- Semai: keniiq
- Jahaic:
- Bahnaric: *knɛː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
- Katuic: *knɛɛ (Sidwell, 2005)
- Kui: kənaj
- Souei: kənaj
- Khasian: *kʰnaaj (Sidwell, 2012)
- Khasi: khnái, nái
- Lyngngam: kʰnaj
- Pnar: kʰne
- War: kʰnɛ
- Khmuic: *kneʔ₁ (Sidwell, 2013)
- Khmu: kneʔ
- O'du: knaj
- Phong: knԑːj
- T'in: nɛɛ
- Monic:
- Old Mon: kni'
- Mon: ဂၞိ (nɔeˀ)
- Old Mon: kni'
- Munda:
- Kharia: kɔnɛ
- Palaungic: *kəneːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
- Vietic: *k-neːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)