Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wosanki
Proto-Japonic
editEtymology
editPossibly cognate with Goguryeo 烏斯含 (*osegam).[1]
Noun
edit*wosanki
Descendants
edit- Eastern Old Japanese: 乎佐藝 (wosagi1)
- Old Japanese: 兔 (*usagi1)
- Japanese: 兎 (usagi)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *osagi
- Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
References
edit- ^ 2017, Origins of the Japanese Language, Alexander Vovin, Oxford Research Encyclopedias, accessed 2023-01-25