Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kɔːʔ

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: *kɔːʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA284)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kɔʔ (Shorto, 2006)

Noun

*kɔːʔ

1. neck

Descendants

• Proto-Bahnaric: *kɔːʔ (Sidwell, 2011)
  • North Bahnaric:
  • Central Bahnaric: *ʔəkɔː
    • Bahnar: hơko (“neck”) (Sidwell, 2011)
    • Sre:
      • Maa: kɔː
      • Koho: nko (“neck”)
  • South Bahnaric: *ʔnkɔː (Sidwell, 2000)
    • Mnong: ko (“neck”)
• Katuic:
• Khasic:
• Khmeric: *kɔː (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
  • Khmer: ក (kɑɑ, “neck”)
• Khmuic:
• Monic: *kɔɔʔ (Diffloth, 1984)
  • Old Mon: ko'
    • Modern Mon: ကံ (kɔˀ, “neck, throat”)
• Proto-Vietic: *koh (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Pong: *koː³ (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Tho Cuối Chăm: kɔː⁵
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: cố (“neck”)
    • Vietnamese: cổ (“neck”)