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Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/kuun

This Proto-Mon-Khmer 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-Mon-Khmer

Etymology
  • Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuun (& *kun?); *kuən (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Munda cognates include Santali ᱦᱚᱱ (hôn).

Noun

*kuun

  1. child

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 昆 (OC *kuːn, "offspring, progeny")
  • → Chinese (southern dialects, especially Min dialects): 囝 (jiǎn) (MC kɨɐn, "child")
  • → Chinese (ancient Chu dialect): 觀 (OC *koːn, “child, offspring”)
  • Aslian: *kuən (Phillips, 2012)
  • Proto-Bahnaric: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2011)
  • Proto-Katuic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Khasic: *kʰɔn (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Khasi: khun
    • Lyngngam: kʰɔn
    • Pnar: kʰɔn
  • Khmeric:
    • Old Khmer: kon, kvan ("child")
  • Proto-Khmuic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Monic: *kɔɔn (Diffloth, 1986)
  • Nicobaric: *kuːn (Sidwell, 2018)
    • Car Nicobarese: kūön
    • Central Nicobaric:
  • Proto-Palaungic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Pearic: *k(eː)n (Headley, 1985)
    • Chong: kʰeːn
  • Proto-Vietic: *kɔːn (Sidwell, 2007)
    • Middle Vietnamese: con
      • Vietnamese: con (“child”)
    • Muong: còn

See also
  • *kmun (“sibling's child”)
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