Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/n-anu-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Pronoun

*n-anu-^[1]

what

Descendants

Eastern Old Japanese: 何 (aⁿ-)
Old Japanese: 何 (nani)
- Japanese: 何 (nani)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *nao
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 何 (nū)
  - Kunigami: 何 (nū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
  - Okinawan: 何 (nū)
  - Okinoerabu: 何 (nū)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
  - Tokunoshima: 何 (nu)
  - Yoron: 何 (nū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 何 (nau, nō)
  - Yaeyama: 何 (nō)
  - Yonaguni: 何 (nū)

References

^ Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 67

[Vovin2010-1] Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 67

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