Reconstruction:Proto-Vietic/kɔːʔ

This Proto-Vietic 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-Vietic

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) compares this to Proto-Monic *gooʔ (“to get, to possess”), Old Chinese 侯 (OC *[ɡ]ˤ(r)o, “to be, to have (Shijing)”), Jingpho gu (“to have”), while Diffloth (1992) proposed Vietic and Aslian forms such as Jehai weʔ, Semnam wɔːʔ (for correspondence between Vietic *k vs. zero-initial in other Austroasiatic languages, see củi, cứt, cảy). Neither is particularly likely.

Verb

*kɔːʔ

to be, to have

Descendants

Arem: kɑ?
Chut:
- Rục: kɔː³
- Sách: kɔː³
Kha Phong: kɔː³
Kri: kɔːʔ ("to live, to have")
Malieng: kɔː³
Pong: *kɔː³
- Liha: kɔː³
- Phong: kɔː³
- Toum: kɔː³
Tho:
- Cuối Chăm: kɒː³
- Làng Lỡ: kɔː³
Viet-Muong:
- Muong: cỏ
- Middle Vietnamese: 固 (có), 箇 (có), 𣎏 (có)
  - Vietnamese: có