Reconstruction:Proto-Austroasiatic/glɔːŋ

This Proto-Austroasiatic 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-Austroasiatic

Etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *glɔːŋ (Sidwell, 2024, #AA299)
Proto-Mon-Khmer: *glɔɔŋ (Shorto, 2006, #736)

Noun

*glɔːŋ

path, road
Synonym: *kraʔ

Descendants

Aslian:
- Jahaic:
  - Jahai: glɔŋ
  - Kensiu: gelong
Katuic:
- Kuy: luːŋ
- Pacoh: clong
Khmeric
- Old Khmer: *gloṅ, *ghloṅ (“passage, way; waterway”)
  → Thai: คลอง (klɔɔng, “passage”)
  - Modern Khmer: គន្លង (kŭənlɔɔng, “track, trail, way”) (< Old Khmer ganloṅ)
Khmuic:
- Phong: kluːŋ
Proto-Monic: *glɔɔŋ (Diffloth, 1984)
- Proto-Mon: *klɔ̤ŋ
  - Mon: ဂၠံၚ်
→? Old Chinese: 唐 (*ɡl'aːŋ)
- Middle Chinese: 唐 (dang)
  - → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *daːŋᴬ²
    - Lao: ທາງ (thāng)
    - Thai: ทาง (taang)
  - → Vietnamese: đường, đàng, đằng

References

Shorto, Harry (2006), Paul Sidwell, Doug Cooper, Christian Bauer, editors, A Mon-Khmer Comparative Dictionary, Canberra: Australian National University. Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN
Sidwell, Paul (2024), “500 Proto Austroasiatic Etyma: Version 1.0”, in Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society‎^[1], volume 17, number 1, pages i–xxxiii