Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/cɔʔ

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: *cɔʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA030)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *cɔʔ (Shorto, 2006, #41)

Compare also Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu (a similar looking root, although a connection is dubious).

Khmer ច (cɑɑ) is a loan borrowed from an old, unclear Vietic language.

Noun

*cɔʔ

1. dog

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Jah Hut: cwǝʔ
  • Jahaic:
    • Jahai: ʔacĩʔ
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: chooq
    • Temiar: cuok
  • Semelaic:
    • Semaq Beri: cɔ
    • Semelai: cɔ
• Proto-Bahnaric: *cɔː (Sidwell, 2011)
  • North Bahnaric: *cɔː (Sidwell, 2011)
    • Halang: chô
    • Sedang: chó
  • West Bahnaric: *cɔː (Sidwell, 2011)
    • Brao: cɔː
    • Laven:
      • Jru': cɔː
  • Central Bahnaric: *cɔː (Sidwell, 2011)
    • Alak: cɔː
    • Bahnar: so
    • South Bahnaric: *sɔː (Sidwell, 2000)
      • Koho: so
      • Mnong: sau
• Proto-Katuic: *ʔacɔɔ (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Pacoh: acho
  • Kui: ʔacɔː
  • Eastern Katu: a’choo
  • Eastern Bru: acho
• Khasic: *ksəw (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khasi: ksew, 'sew
• Khmeric:
• Proto-Khmuic: *cɔʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khsing-Mul: cɔː
  • O'du: cʌw
  • Khmu: sɔʔ
  • Phong: sɔː
• Mangic:
  • Pakanic: *tsɔ (Hsiu, 2016)
    • Bolyu: tsu⁵³
  • Mang: θɔː¹
• Monic:
• Nicobaric:
• Proto-Palaungic: *cɔːʔ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Plang:
    • La Gang: sóʔ
    • Man Noi: sóʔ
  • Riang: soʔ¹
  • Lamet: sɑʔ
  • Lawa: sɔʔ
• Proto-Pearic: *c(ɔ)ʔ (Headley, 1985)
  • Chong: cʰoː
• Proto-Vietic: *ʔa-cɔːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)

  → Khmer: ច (cɑɑ, “Year of the Dog”)

  • Arem: acɑːʔ
  • Chut:
    • Rục: acɔː³
    • Sách: acɔː³
  • Tho:
    • Cuối Chăm: cɒː³
    • Làng Lỡ: cɔː³
  • Malieng: cɔː³
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: chỏ
    • Vietnamese: chó