Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tako

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

Noun

*tako

octopus

Descendants

Old Japanese: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (*TAKO₁)
- Japanese: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tako)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *tako
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θō)
  - Kunigami: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (thafū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θoho)
  - Okinawan: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  - Okinoerabu: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tō)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (θoho)
  - Tokunoshima: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tō)
  - Yoron: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tafu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  - Yaeyama: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (taku)
  - Yonaguni: 蛸, 章魚, 鮹 (tagu)