Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/prɔːkʔ

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: *prɔːkʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA091)

Noun

*prɔːkʔ

1. squirrel

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Semai: perook
• Bahnaric: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Katuic: *prɔɔʔ (Sidwell, 2005)
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: កំប្រុក (kɑmprok) (a compound)
• Khmuic: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: prɔːk
• Monic:
  • Nyah Kur: โปรก (prook)
• Palaungic: *prɔːk (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Riang:
    • Sak: sᵊrɔʔ¹
• Vietic: *prɔːk (see there for further descendants)