Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/tkatʔ

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: *tkatʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA257)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *tkat ~ *tkiət ~ *tkuət (Shorto, 2006, #962)

Noun

*tkatʔ

1. cold

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian:
  • Jahaic:
    • Jehai: tmkɛt
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: dekat
• Proto-Bahnaric: *tkat (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Khmuic: *tkat (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: kat
  • Khsing-Mul: təkat
• Proto-Monic: *tkat (Diffloth, 1984)
• Proto-Palaungic: *kat (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Palaung:
    • Shwe:
      • Sam-Loong: ကံတ်
  • Plang:
    • Man Noi: kɔ́t
  • Lawa: kɔt
  • Riang: kat¹