Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pato

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 ultimately onomatopoeia from the patapata sound of a dove or pigeon's wings in flight.

Noun

*pato

1. dove, pigeon

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 鳩 (pato₁)
  • Japanese: 鳩 (hato)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pato
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 鳩 (patu)
    • Kunigami: 鳩 (phōtū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 鳩 (haθo)
    • Okinawan: 鳩 (hōtu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 鳩 (patu)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 鳩 (hato)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 鳩 (patu)
    • Yoron: 鳩 (patu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 鳩 (patu)
    • Yaeyama: 鳩 (patu)
    • Yonaguni: 鳩 (hatu)