Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/smuːcʔ

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: *s<m>uːcˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA147)

Noun

*smuːcʔ

1. ant

Descendants

• >? Malay: semut
  • > Indonesian: semut (inherited)
• >? Old Javanese: sĕmut
  • > Javanese: ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦠ꧀ (semut) (inherited)

References

• 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