Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/racʔ

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 1

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *racˀ ~ *rəcˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA251)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *rac (Shorto, 2006, #838)

Noun

*racʔ

1. sparrow
2. swift (bird)

Descendants

• Aslian:
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: rèc
  • Semelaic:
    • Mah Meri: röjt
    • Semelai: rəc
• Bahnaric: *rac (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Khasian: *rəc (Sidwell, 2012)
• Khmuic: *rac (Sidwell, 2013)
• Palaungic : *pərac (Sidwell, 2015)

Etymology 2

• Proto-Austroasiatic: *racˀ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA174)

Verb

*racʔ

1. to cut off