Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kani

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

*kani

1. crab

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 蟹 (kani)
  • Japanese: 蟹 (kani)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kani
  • Northern Ryukyuan: *gani
    • Kikai: 蟹 (gani, gaī)
    • Kunigami: 蟹 (gai)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蟹 (gan)
    • Okinawan: 蟹 (gani)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 蟹 (gani)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蟹 (gan)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 蟹 (gani)
    • Yoron: 蟹 (gan)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *kani, *gani
    • Miyako: 蟹 (gan)
    • Yaeyama: 蟹 (kan)
    • Yonaguni: 蟹 (kanna) (< *kaniCa)