Where does “*caaʔ” come from?

*caaʔ (Proto-Aslian) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer caʔ — to eat.

Ancestry of “*caaʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmercaʔto eat

Words derived from “*caaʔ

Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer caʔ