Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wənə

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

*wənə

axe

Reconstruction notes

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “What is the basis for reconstructing the OJP final vowel as ⟨o₂⟩? This term is not attested in man'yōgana, based on what I can find in ONCOJ. The OJP term might have been ⟨wono₁⟩ instead, in which case the Proto would presumably have to be wono.”

Descendants

Old Japanese: 斧 (wono₂)
- Japanese: 斧 (ono)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *wono
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 斧 (ūnu, gunu)
  - Kunigami: 斧 (ūnū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 斧 (wun)
  - Okinawan: 斧 (ūn)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 斧 (wun)
  - Yoron: 斧 (ūnu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 斧 (būna)
  - Yaeyama: 斧 (buinu, būnu)
  - Yonaguni: 斧 (bunu)