Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/skaːcʔ

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: *skaːcʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA238)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ksac ~ *ksaac (Shorto, 2006, #874)

This root shows the tendency of having infixed or metathetic forms in descendant branches.

Compare Proto-Katuic *skaɲ.

Noun

*skaːcʔ

1. sand

Descendants

• Khmeric: *ksac (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
  • Khmer: ខ្សាច់ (khsac)
• Proto-Khmuic: *kaːc (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Phong: kaːc
• Mangic:
  • Mang: mat⁷?
• Proto-Palaungic: *-saːc, *smaːc (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang: mac¹
  • Lamet: maːc
  • Lawa: hmac
• Proto-Vietic: *t-kaːc (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)