Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/onansi

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

Probably a spurious reconstruction if one assumes the Okinawan term to be borrowed from Japanese, as no other Ryukyuan cognates exist. If this is true, then the Japanese word derives from 己 (ono, “self”) + じ (ji, “suffix indicating having the quality of”) with vowel contamination from oyaji.

Adjective

*onansi

same

Descendants

Old Japanese: 同じ (onazi)
- Japanese: 同じ (onaji)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *onazi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Okinawan: 同じ (unnaji)