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Etymology: @Eirikr any new thoughts when i change the *iku reconstruction?
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{{rfe|jpx-pro|Likely a mistaken reconstruction -- see [[Reconstruction_talk:Proto-Japonic/ariku|Talk]].}}


Thorpe suggests that this is possibly a compound of {{m|jpx-pro|*ari|t=to exist}} + {{m|jpx-pro|*yeku|t=to go}},<ref>{{R:jpx-ryu:Thorpe 1983|page=249}}</ref> but this is problematic on both semantic and phonological grounds.
Thorpe suggests that this is possibly a compound of {{m|jpx-pro|*ari|t=to exist}} + {{m|jpx-pro|*iku|t=to go}},<ref>{{R:jpx-ryu:Thorpe 1983|page=249}}</ref> but this is problematic on both semantic and phonological grounds.


===Verb===
===Verb===

Revision as of 02:37, 20 January 2023

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Likely a mistaken reconstruction -- see Talk.”)

Thorpe suggests that this is possibly a compound of *ari (to exist) + *iku (to go),[1] but this is problematic on both semantic and phonological grounds.

Verb

*ariku

  1. to walk

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Thorpe, Maner Lawton (1983) Ryūkyūan Language History[1], Doctoral dissertation. University of Southern California, page 249