Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mi

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

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Cardinal: *mi

Etymology

Likely related to *mu (“six”) and possibly Goguryeo *密 (*mit) and Kaya *密 (*mit) (Vovin 2017).

Numeral

*mi

1. three

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 三 (mi₁)
  • Japanese: 三 (mi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 三 (mī)
    • Kunigami: 三 (mī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 三 (mī)
    • Okinawan: 三 (mī)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 三 (mī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 三 (mī)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 三 (mī)
    • Yoron: 三 (mī)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 三 (mī)
    • Yaeyama: 三 (mī)
    • Yonaguni: 三 (mī)