Reconstruction:Proto-Koreanic/mati

This Proto-Koreanic 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.

This Proto-Koreanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Koreanic

Noun

*mati

1. plot (of land)

Descendants

• Old Korean:
  • Middle Korean: 맡 (math) (< *matV-k(V))
    • Korean: 마당 (madang)
• → Old Japanese: 町 (mati, “plot of land; measure of land”)
  • Japanese: 町 (machi, “town”)

References

• Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin‎^[1], University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 192