Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/ti
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Eirikr in topic Sense needs reworking, and there are multiple descendants
Sense needs reworking, and there are multiple descendants
[edit]The core meaning of this root appears to be something more like "life essence". Consider the apparent derivatives, all manifestations of this same central concept:
‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 00:42, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Any cross-linguistic evidence for the semantic shifts? Kwékwlos (talk) 13:17, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- What semantic shifts?
- "Life essence" → "blood" / "milk" is all very straightforward. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 18:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)