Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/tkan

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: *tkan (Sidwell, 2024, #AA261)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *d₁kan (Shorto, 2006, #1129)

Noun

*tkan

1. bamboo rat

Descendants

• Aslian: *dəka(a)n (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jah Hut: dkaŋ
  • Semelaic:
    • Semelai: dkan
      • → Malay: dekan
        • → Indonesian: dêkan
• Khasic: *dkʰan (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khasi: dkhan
• Proto-Khmuic: *tkan (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu:
    • Cuang: tkan
    • Rook: tkán
• Proto-Vietic: *kanʔ (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)