Reconstruction:Proto-Chamic/rusuk

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 *ʀusuk, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀusuk (“ribcage”).

Noun

*rusuk

1. (anatomy) ribcage

Descendants

• Acehnese: rusôk
• Coastal Chamic:
  • Haroi: lơso
  • Cham:
    • Eastern Cham: ꨣꨔꨭꩀ (rathuk)
    • Western Cham: lasŭk
• Highlands Chamic:
  • Chru-Northern Chamic:
    • Chru: rơsu
    • Northern Chamic:
      • Northern Roglai: risũk
  • Jarai: rơsŭ

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