Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wasai

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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

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Etymology

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According to Vovin, from Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar, which was borrowed into late Old Korean as 菩薩 (reconstructed phonetically by Vovin as /pasʌr/), later attested as Middle Korean ᄡᆞᆯ (psol), modern Korean (ssal, rice).[1]

Noun

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*wasai

  1. early ripening rice

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
  • (possibly) Korean: (ssal, rice) (< Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar)

References

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  1. ^ Alexander Vovin (2015) “On The Etymology of Middle Korean psʌr 'rice'”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları[1]