Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kan

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: *kan (Sidwell, 2024, #AA180)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kan ~ *kaan (Shorto, 2006, #1126)

Noun

*kan

1. woman, female

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian:
  • Jahaic:
    • Cheq Wong: koŋ
• Proto-Bahnaric: *kan (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *kan (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Bru: kan
  • Katu: kan
  • Kui: kan
  • Pacoh: cán
• Proto-Khmuic: *ka₁n (Sidwell, 2013)
• Nicobaric: *kaːn (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Car Nicobarese: kan (“female (of animals)”)
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: kân (“wife”)
• Proto-Pearic: *kɨn (Headley, 1985)
  • Chong: kʰɨːn