Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sunkOy

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

Reconstruction

This word ends with an uncertain diphthong, either -uy or -oy.

Noun

*sunkOy

1. the Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 杉 (sugi₂)
  • Japanese: 杉 (sugi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *sugi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 杉 (sugi)
    • ⇒ Kunigami: 杉木 (shijīki)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 杉 (sïgi, sïgï)
    • Okinawan: 杉 (shiji)
    • Okinoerabu: 杉 (shizgi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 杉 (sïgï)
    • Tokunoshima: 杉 (sïïgï)
    • Yoron: 杉 (shigi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 杉 (sïgi)
    • Yaeyama: 杉 (sïgï)