Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/poi

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 cognate with Korean 불 (bul). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*poi

1. fire

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese: 布 (pu)
• Old Japanese: 火 (pi₂, po₁)
  • Japanese: 火 (hi, ho)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 火 (pī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 火 (hi) (in compounds)
    • Okinawan: 火 (fī, hī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 火 (hī)
    • Yoron: 火 (pi) (in compounds)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 火 (psïï)
    • Yaeyama: 火 (pïï)
    • Yonaguni: 火 (chī)

Further reading

• Vovin (2011) p. 222