Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kwaŋ

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: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA359)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuəŋ ~ *kwaaŋ (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Similarity to Chinese 公 (OC *C.qˤoŋ) is probably coincidental.

Adjective

*kwaŋ

1. male (animal)

Noun

*kwaŋ

1. male (animal)

Descendants

• Aslian: *kɔɔɲ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Senoic:
    • Semnam: ʔŋkoːɲ
    • Temiar: akoj (“uncle”)
• Proto-Bahnaric: *kwəŋ (“male (animal)”), *koːɲ (“male relative”) (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Katuic: *kooɲ (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Ngeq/Kriang: koːɲ
  • Pacoh: conh, ncounh
• Khasian: *kwaŋ (Sidwell, 2018)
• Nicobarese: *koːɲ (Sidwell, 2018)
  • Car Nicobarese: kōiny (“male of animals”)
  • Central Nicobaric:
    • Nancowry: kòin (“husband, male”)
• Proto-Palaungic: *kuːɲ (“father”) (Sidwell, 2015) (?)
  • Lamet: ʔuːɲ
  • P'uman: konˉ
• Pearic:
  • Kasong: kʰuːɲ ("father") (?)
  • Saoch:
    • of Kanchanaburi: ʔuːɲ ("father") (?)
• Proto-Vietic: *p-kuːɲʔ (Sidwell, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

See also

• *kan (“female, woman”)