Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/klɔʔ

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: *klɔʔ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA085)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kl[o]ʔ (Shorto, 2006, #199)

Noun

*klɔʔ

  1. snail

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Jahaic:
      • Kensiu: kalɔ̃ʔ
    • Senoic:
      • Semai: kalo
      • Temiar: kaloːʔ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *k(h)lɔː (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *klɔɔ (Sidwell, 2005) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Khmuic: *klɔʔ (Sidwell, 2013) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Palaungic: *-lɔʔ (Sidwell, 2015) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Vietic: *k-lɔːʔ (slug) (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)
    • Chutic:
      • Chut [Sách]: tlɔː³
      • Chut [Rục]: klɔː³

References

  • Shorto, Harry (2006) Sidwell, Paul, Doug Cooper and Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii