Reconstruction:Proto-Mon-Khmer/snaʔ

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: *snaʔ (Shorto, 2006, #97)

Compare Proto-Austronesian *panaq.

Noun

*snaʔ

1. crossbow

Descendants

• → Proto-Tibeto-Burman: *s-na (STEDT)
• → Old Chinese: 弩 (OC *naːʔ)
• Proto-Bahnaric: *snaː (Sidwell, 2011)
  • West Bahnaric: *snaː (Sidwell, 2003)
    • Laven:
      • Jru': hnaː
    • Lavi: sanowʔ
    • Oi: sanaː
  • Central Bahnaric: *snaː (Sidwell, 2011)
    • South Bahnaric: *snaː (Sidwell, 2000)
      • Koho: söna
      • Mnong: na
      • Stieng: snaː
• Katuic:
  • Kui: nhaː ~ snaː
  • Brau: sanaː
• Khmeric:
  • Khmer: ស្នា (snaa)
• Proto-Khmuic: *snaʔ (Sidwell, 2013)
  • Khsing-Mul: sənaː
  • O'du: snaː
  • Phong: snah
• Pearic:
  • Chong: snaː
  • Pear: snaː
• Proto-Vietic: *s-naːʔ (Ferlus, 2007)
  • Arem: næːˀ
  • Thavung: ซะน่า
  • Viet-Muong:
    • Muong: nả
    • Vietnamese: ná