Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/inəti

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

Probably a compound of *i (“breath”, possibly from *iki (“breath”)) +‎ *nə (genitive case particle) +‎ *ti (“spirit, force, soul”).

Noun

*inəti

life

Descendants

Old Japanese: 命 (ino₂ti)
- Japanese: 命 (inochi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *inoti
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 命 (inuchi)
  - Kunigami: 命 (inuchī, nuchī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 命 (nyuchi, nyūchi)
  - Okinawan: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 命 (inuchi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 命 (inochi)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 命 (inucï)
  - Yoron: 命 (inuchi, nuchi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 命 (nnutsï)
  - Yaeyama: 命 (nutsï)
  - Yonaguni: 命 (nutti)

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