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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wosanki

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

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 烏斯含 (*osegam).[1]

Noun

*wosanki

  1. hare, rabbit

Descendants
  • Eastern Old Japanese: 乎佐藝 (wosagi1)
  • Old Japanese: 兔 (*usagi1)
    • Japanese: 兎 (usagi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *osagi
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
      • Kikai: 兎 (usagi)
      • Kunigami: 兎 (fusāji)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 兎 (osagi)
      • Okinawan: 兎 (usaji)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 兎 (usagī)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 兎 (usag)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 兎 (ushāgi)
      • Yoron: 兎 (usagi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
      • Miyako: 兎 (usagi)
      • Yaeyama: 兎 (ushāngï)
      • Yonaguni: 兎 (usangi)

References
  1. 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25
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