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Proto-Japonic
Etymology
Compare Korean 몸 (mom, “body”) and Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (“flesh, meat”).
Noun
*mui
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 身 (mi2, mu, “body; meat”), 実 (mi2, mu, “seed, fruit”)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *mi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
See also
- *sisi (“flesh, meat (particularly animal)”)
Further reading
- Pellard, Thomas. "A (more) comparative approach to some Japanese etymologies." Studies in Japanese and Korean historical and theoretical linguistics and beyond (2017): 55-64.