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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: *ɗaːkˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA039)
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *ɗaak (Shorto, 2006, #274)

The sense of "river, stream" that appeared in many languages seems to be a later development.

Noun

*ɗaːkʔ

  1. water

Descendants

  • Aslian:
    • Proto-Aslian:
      • Semelaic:
        • Mah Meri: do
        • Semelai: dak
  • Bahnaric:
  • Katuic:
  • Khmeric:
  • Khmuic:
  • Monic:
    • Old Mon: ḍāk
      • Proto-Mon: *ɗa̱i̯c
      • Proto-Nyah Kur: *da̱ak
        • Nyah Kur: da̱ak
  • Munda: *daˀk
  • Vietic:
    • Proto-Vietic: *ɗaːk (see there for further descendants)

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
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