Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/wac

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: *wac ~ *waac (Shorto, 2006, #864)

Compare also Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wasay (“axe”) and Old Chinese 戉 (OC *[ɢ]ʷat, “large battle-axe”) (B&S 2014).

Noun

*wac

1. knife, sword

Descendants

• Khasian: *wac (Sidwell, 2012)
  • Khasi: wait
• Palaungic: *ʋaːc (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Lawa:
    • of Umpai: wiaic
  • Riang:
    • of Lang: wɑc²
  • Wa:
    • Parauk: vac