Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/konpo
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Proto-Japonic[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Reconstruction[edit]
Vovin (2021) reconstructs *konbo, which can reflect underlying *konpo with voicing due to the nasal + voiceless cluster.
Noun[edit]
*konpo
Descendants[edit]
- Old Japanese: 蜘蛛, 久毛 (kumo1) (spelled 久毛 in MYS.5.892)
- Japanese: 蜘蛛 (kumo)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *kobo, *kobu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References[edit]
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2021) “Names of Large Exotic Animals and the Urheimat of Japonic”, in International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, number 3, pages 105-120