Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/turu
Proto-Japonic[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
The core meaning appears to be vine; line; string as a noun, and to hang down, as a line or string; to form or take the shape of a line or string (both transitive and intransitive) as a verb.
Cognate with *tura (“vine; line, string; line (of things), queue, procession”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Accent class: 2.2
Noun[edit]
*turu
Descendants[edit]
- vine
- Old Japanese: 蔓 (turu)
- Japanese: 蔓 (tsuru)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *turu
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Yonaguni: 蔓 (chirun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- line, string
- Old Japanese: 弦 (turu)
- Japanese: 弦 (tsuru, “bowstring; musical instrument string; metal handle attached to both sides of a pot, under which the pot hangs”)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *turu
Verb[edit]
*turu (infinitive 1 *turi, infinitive 2 *turay)
Descendants[edit]
- to hang; to fish
- to form or take the shape of a line or string
Etymology 2[edit]
Appears to be distinct from *turu meaning vine; line; string; to hang.
Vovin (2008) considers it possibly related to an ancestor of Korean 두루미 (durumi, “crane”), with a Pre-Proto-Japonic root-final -m vanishing later, leaving only a Kansai accent pattern behind (see pronunciation section below).[1] May ultimately be a regional Wanderwort. Compare also Proto-Turkic *turunya (“crane”) (whence Turkish turna), Mongolian тогоруу (togoruu, “crane”), Hungarian daru (“crane”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation[edit]
- Accent class: 2.5x
- The Proto-Ryukyuan accent is irregular.
Noun[edit]
*turu
Descendants[edit]
- Old Japanese: 鶴 (turu)
- Japanese: 鶴 (tsuru)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *turu (tone class A)
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Southern Ryukyuan: