Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/kan

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 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: *kan (Sidwell, 2024, #AA180)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kan ~ *kaan (Shorto, 2006, #1126)

Noun

*kan

  1. woman, female

Descendants

  • Proto-Aslian:
    • Jahaic:
      • Cheq Wong: koŋ
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kan (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kan (Sidwell, 2005)
    • Bru: kan
    • Katu: kan
    • Kui: kan
    • Pacoh: cán
  • Proto-Khmuic: *ka₁n (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Nicobaric: *kaːn (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Car Nicobarese: kan (“female (of animals)”)
    • Central Nicobaric:
      • Nancowry: kân (“wife”)
  • Proto-Pearic: *kɨn (Headley, 1985)
    • Chong: kʰɨːn
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