Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/koan

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: *koan (Sidwell, 2024 #AA006)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuun (& *kun?); *kuən (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Noun

*koan

1. child

Descendants

• → Chinese: 昆 (OC *kuːn, "offspring, progeny")
• → Chinese (southern dialects, especially Min dialects): 囝 (jiǎn) (MC kɨɐn, "child")
• → Chinese (ancient Chu dialect): 觀 (OC *koːn, “child, offspring”)
• Aslian: *kuən (Phillips, 2012)
• Bahnaric: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2011)
• Katuic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2005)
• Khasic: *kʰɔn (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Khasi: khun
  • Lyngngam: kʰɔn
  • Pnar: kʰɔn
• Khmeric:
  • Old Khmer: kon, kvan ("child")
    • Modern Khmer: កូន (koun, “child”)
• Khmuic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2013)
• Monic: *kɔɔn (Diffloth, 1986)
  • Old Mon: kon
    • Modern Mon: ကွေန် (kon, “child”)
• Munda:
  • North Munda:
    • Santali: ᱦᱚᱱ (hôn)
• Nicobaric: *kuːn (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Car Nicobarese: kūön
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: kōan
• Palaungic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2015)
• Pearic: *k(eː)n (Headley, 1985)
  • Chong: kʰeːn
• Vietic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2007)
  • Middle Vietnamese: con
    • Vietnamese: con (“child”)
  • Muong: còn

See also

• *kmoan (“sibling's child”)