Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tani

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 edit

Etymology edit

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo *旦 (*tan).[1]

Noun edit

*tani[1]

  1. valley

Descendants edit

  • Old Japanese: (tani)
    • Japanese: (tani)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tani

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins of the Japanese Language”, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics[1], →DOI