Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nonsi

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

Various dialectal forms have an initial palatal glide /mj-/, /nj-/, etc., implying a diphthongal or palatal origin of the initial mora. This issue has not been brought up in previous scholarship, however. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*nonsi

rainbow

Descendants

Eastern Old Japanese: 虹 (no₁zi, nuzi)
Old Japanese: 虹 (nizi)
- Japanese: 虹 (niji)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *nozi, *noozi; *noogiri
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 虹 (niji)
  - ⇒ Kunigami: 天道虹 (thintōnōjiri) (< *tentau-noziri)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 虹 (nōgi)
  - Okinawan: 虹 (nūji)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 虹 (nōgi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 虹 (noki, nok)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 虹 (nōji)
  - ⇒ Yoron: 虹 (gōnuji)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 虹 (nūzï)
  - Yaeyama: 虹 (nūji)

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