Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/panas-

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

Noun

*panas-

1. conversation, speech, story, talking
2. to narrate, speak, talk

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 話, 噺, 咄 (panasi, panasu)
  • Japanese: 話, 噺, 咄 (hanashi, hanasu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *panas-
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 話 (phanāshī)
    • Okinawan: 話 (hanashi, hanasun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 話 (panasu)
    • Yaeyama: 話 (panasï, panasun)