Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/dhaːn

This Proto-Chamic 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-Chamic

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daqan (“branch, bough”).

Noun

*dhaːn

1. branch; bough

Descendants

• Acehnese: dheuen
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: than
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨖꩆ (dhan)
    • Western Cham: دهان (dhan)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: thaːn
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: thaːt
  • Jarai–Rhade
    • Jarai: than, dhan
    • Rade: adhan
    • Bih: than

Further reading

• Thurgood, Graham (1999) From Ancient Cham to Modern Dialects: Two Thousand Years of Language Contact and Change‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, page 287