Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/laŋit

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

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laŋit, from Proto-Austronesian *laŋiC.

Noun

*laŋit

1. sky

Descendants

• Acehnese: langèt
• Coastal Chamic
  • Haroi: lơngĭk
  • Cham
    • Eastern Cham: ꨤꨊꨪꩀ (langik)
    • Western Cham: لاڠيٓک (langik)
• Highlands Chamic
  • Chru–Northern Chamic
    • Chru: lơngik
    • Northern Chamic
      • Northern Roglai: langĩq
      • Tsat: ŋiʔ²⁴
• Jarai–Rhade
  • Jarai: rơngĭt
  • Rade: êngĭt

References

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