Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pato

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

Possibly ultimately onomatopoeia from the patapata sound of a dove or pigeon's wings in flight.

Noun

*pato

dove, pigeon

Descendants

Old Japanese: 鳩 (pato₁)
- Japanese: 鳩 (hato)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pato
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 鳩 (patu)
  - Kunigami: 鳩 (phōtū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 鳩 (haθo)
  - Okinawan: 鳩 (hōtu)
  - Okinoerabu: 鳩 (patu)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 鳩 (hato)
  - Tokunoshima: 鳩 (patu)
  - Yoron: 鳩 (patu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 鳩 (patu)
  - Yaeyama: 鳩 (patu)
  - Yonaguni: 鳩 (hatu)