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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/katana

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

Etymology

Compound of *kata- (“one side”) +‎ *na (“edge”).[1][2][3]

This na element is spelled in monolingual Japanese sources as 刃 (“edge, blade”), but there is no historical attestation for any na reading for this character. Possibly cognate with modern Korean 날 (nal, “blade”).

Noun

*katana

  1. knife

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 刀 (katana)
    • Japanese: 刀 (katana)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *katana
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 刀 (hatana)
      • Kunigami: 刀 (hatāna)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 刀 (xaθana)
      • Okinawan: 刀 (katana)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 刀 (hatana)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 刀 (xatna)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 刀 (katana)
      • Yoron: 刀 (hatana)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 刀 (katana)
      • Yaeyama: 刀 (katana)
      • Yonaguni: 刀 (katana)

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. “刀”, in デジタル大辞泉 [Digital Daijisen]‎ (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
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