Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/Ctoːr

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: *Ctoːr (Sidwell, 2024, #AA216)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kt₂uur ~ *kt₂uər (Shorto, 2006, #1577)

Compare Santali ᱞᱩᱛᱩᱨ (lutur).

Noun

*Ctoːr

1. ear

Descendants

• Proto-Bahnaric: *toːr (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *ktoor (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Pacoh: cutour
  • Kui: ktɔːr~tɔːr
  • Kriang/Ngeq: katoːr
• Proto-Khasian: *ʧku/ɔr (Sidwell, 2018) (with metathesis)
  • Khasi: shkor
• Proto-Khmuic: *-toːr (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khsing-Mul: həltoːl
• Proto-Monic:
  • Old Mon: ktor
    • Mon: က္တောဝ် (kəto)
• Proto-Palaungic: *toːr (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang:
    • of Lang: cor¹
    • of Sak: tjor¹