Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kanay

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

*kanay

metal

Descendants

Old Japanese: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kane, kana)
- → Ainu: カネ (kane, “metal, iron”), カニ (kani, “money”)
- Japanese: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kane, kana)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kane
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hanï)
  - Kunigami: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hanī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (xani)
  - Okinawan: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hani)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanï)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanï)
  - Yoron: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hani)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Yaeyama: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Yonaguni: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanin)

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