Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/pinkay

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Why kay?[edit]

I don't think we have any evidence that this word had an alternating vowel. Unlike Japanese 手, manifesting as bound-form ta in ancient compounds, 毛 only ever manifests as ke, no?

As such, what reason do we have for reconstructing this as kay? ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 06:02, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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