Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wasai

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

According to Vovin, from Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar, which was borrowed into late Old Korean as 菩薩 (reconstructed phonetically by Vovin as /pasʌr/), later attested as Middle Korean ᄡᆞᆯ (psol), modern Korean 쌀 (ssal, “rice”).^[1]

Noun

*wasai

early ripening rice

Descendants

Old Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
- Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
  - → Oki-No-Erabu: 早稲 (washe)
(possibly) → Korean: 쌀 (ssal, “rice”) (< Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar)

References

^ Alexander Vovin (2015) “On The Etymology of Middle Korean psʌr 'rice'”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları‎^[1]

[1] Alexander Vovin (2015) “On The Etymology of Middle Korean psʌr 'rice'”, in Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları‎^[1]

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