Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/koan

Etymology

 * Proto-Austroasiatic: *koan (Sidwell, 2024 #AA006)
 * Proto-Mon-Khmer: *kuun (& *kun?); *kuən (Shorto, 2006, #1127)

Noun

 * 1) child

Descendants

 * (OC *kuːn, "offspring, progeny")
 * → Chinese (southern dialects, especially Min dialects): (MC kɨɐn, "child")
 * → Chinese (ancient Chu dialect):
 * Aslian: *kuən (Phillips, 2012)
 * Bahnaric: (Sidwell, 2011)
 * Katuic: (Sidwell, 2005)
 * Khasic: *kʰɔn (Sidwell, 2018)
 * Lyngngam: kʰɔn
 * Pnar: kʰɔn
 * Khmeric:
 * Old Khmer: kon, kvan ("child")
 * Modern Khmer:
 * Khmuic: (Sidwell, 2013)
 * Monic: *kɔɔn (Diffloth, 1986)
 * Modern Mon:
 * Munda:
 * North Munda:
 * Nicobaric: *kuːn (Sidwell, 2018)
 * Central Nicobaric:
 * Nancowry:
 * Palaungic: (Sidwell, 2015)
 * Pearic: *k(eː)n (Headley, 1985)
 * Chong: kʰeːn
 * Vietic: (Sidwell, 2007)
 * Palaungic: (Sidwell, 2015)
 * Pearic: *k(eː)n (Headley, 1985)
 * Chong: kʰeːn
 * Vietic: (Sidwell, 2007)