Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/suntuy

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

Alternative reconstructions

*sunti

Etymology

If the reconstruction is *sunti, possibly a compound of *su (unknown, possibly the same source as Japanese 脛 (sune, “shin”)) + *ti (“life essence, spirit, power”). Alternatively, PJ *tuy might be the reconstruction of Old Japanese 霊, 血, 乳 (ti, “life essence, spirit, power; blood; milk”), connecting with Old Japanese 唾 (tu, “spit”), from the way that blood and milk can drop to a ground.

Noun

*suntuy

muscle
fiber

Descendants

Old Japanese: 筋, 条 (sudi)
- Japanese: 筋, 条 (suji), 筋子 (sujiko, suzuko)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sudi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 筋, 条 (suji)
  - Kunigami: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 筋, 条 (sïzï)
  - Okinawan: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 筋, 条 (shiji)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 筋, 条 (sïji)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 筋, 条 (sïzï)
  - Yoron: 筋, 条 (shiji)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 筋, 条 (sïzï, suzï)
  - Yaeyama: 筋, 条 (sïzï)

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