Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/jahit

This Proto-Chamic 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-Chamic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zaqit (“to sew”).

Verb

*jahit

1. to sew

Descendants

• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: seiʔ
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨏꨪꩀ (jhik)
    • Western Cham: جحيک (jhik)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: siːʔ
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: chiːʔ
      • Tsat: siʔ²⁴
  • Jarai–Rhade
    • Jarai: sĭt
    • Rade: jhĭt
    • Bih: jhĭt
• → Bahnar: chhĭt

References

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press