Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/mɔːs

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: *mɔːs (Sidwell, 2024, #AA133)
• Proto-Mon-Khmer: *muujs, * muə[j]s (Shorto, 2006)

Noun

*mɔːs

1. mosquito

Descendants

• Bahnaric: *mɔːs (Sidwell, 2011) (see there for further descendants)
• Katuic: *mɔɔs (Sidwell, 2005)
  • Ta'Oi:
    • Ir: mojhʔ
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: មូស (muuh)
• Vietic: *mɔːs (Ferlus, 2007) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Sidwell, Paul (2024) “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii