Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/a

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology 1

Reconstruction

In Proto-Ryukyuan, as reconstructed by Thorpe (1983), this form was originally a singular.

Pronoun

*a

1. I

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 吾 (a, are)
  • Japanese: 吾 (a, are)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *a (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

*a

1. ridge between rice paddies

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 畔 (a)
  • ⇒ Japanese: 畔 (aze)
• ⇒ Proto-Ryukyuan: *abusi