Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kanai

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

Noun

*kanai

metal

Descendants

Old Japanese: 金, 鐵, 銀, 銅 (kane, kana-)
- → Ainu: カネ (kane, “metal, iron”), カニ (kani, “money”)
- Japanese: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kane, kana-)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kane
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hanï)
  - Kunigami: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hanī)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (xanï)
  - Okinawan: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Okinoerabu: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hani)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanï)
  - Tokunoshima: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanï)
  - Yoron: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (hani)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Yaeyama: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kani)
  - Yonaguni: 金, 鉄, 銀, 銅 (kanin)