Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/smuːcʔ

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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: *s<m>uːcˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA147)

Noun

*smuːcʔ

  1. ant

Descendants

  • >? Malay: semut
    • > Indonesian: semut (inherited)
  • >? Old Javanese: sĕmut

References

  • Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society, volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii