Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wa

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

Both John B. Whitman and Alexander Francis-Ratté speculate of a connection to Old Korean 又 (*wu, “We; us”), although Whitman and Francis-Ratté's belief that Korean and Japanese are genetically linked does not have consensus in the field.

Pronoun

*wa

1. we

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 我 (wa)
  • Japanese: 我 (wa)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *wa
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 我 (wā)
    • Kunigami: 我 (wā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 我 (wā)
    • Okinawan: 我 (wā)
    • Okinoerabu: 我 (wā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 我 (wā)
    • Tokunoshima: 我 (wā)
    • Yoron: 我 (wā)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 我 (bā)
    • Yaeyama: 我 (bā)
    • Yonaguni: 我 (bā)