Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/ksac

This Proto-Mon-Khmer entry contains reconstructed words 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology

Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ksac ~ *ksaac (Shorto, 2006, #874)

This root shows the tendency of having infixed or metathetic forms in descendant branches.

Compare Proto-Katuic *skaɲ.

Noun

*ksac

sand

Descendants

Khmeric: *ksac (Sidwell & Rau, 2015)
- Khmer: ខ្សាច់ (khsac)
Khmuic: *kaːc (Sidwell, 2013)
- Phong: [kaːc]
Mangic:
- Mang: [mat⁷]?
Palaungic: *smaac (Sidwell, 2010)
- Riang: [mac¹]
- Lamet: [maːc]
- Lawa: [hmac]
Vietic: *t-kaːc (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)