Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/smaaɲ

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: *smaaɲ (Shorto, 2006, #912)

Verb

*smaaɲ

1. to ask

Descendants

• Proto-Aslian: *səmaaɲ (Phillips, 2012)
  • Jahaic:
    • Jehai: smɛɲ
  • Senoic:
    • Semai: semaañ
    • Semnam: smaɲ
    • Temiar: semanj
• Proto-Khmuic: *maːɲ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khmu: maːɲ
  • Pray-Pram: *maːɲ
• Monic:
  • Old Mon: smāñ (Shorto, 1971)
    • Middle Mon: smān
      • Mon: သၟာန် (hman)
    • Nyah Kur: chəmáaɲ
• Proto-Palaungic: *smaːɲ (Sidwell, 2015)
  • Western:
    • Palaung: hmān
    • Riang: mɑɲ
  • Eastern:
    • Lametic:
      • Lamet: máːɲ
    • Wa-Lawa: *hmaɲ
      • Lawa:
        • Eastern Lawa: hmaiñ
        • Western Lawa: hmaiñ
      • Wa:
        • Parauk: maɲ
        • Wa: main