Where does “s-maːʔ” come from?

s-maːʔ (Proto-Vietic) comes from Proto-Mon-Khmer maʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

Ancestry of “s-maːʔ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmermaʔinsect; seed; mother
2Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

Words derived from “s-maːʔ”

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Proto-Mon-Khmer maʔ →