Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/kani

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *kani (“crab”).

Noun

*kani

1. crab

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: *gani
  • Kikai: 蟹 (gani, gaī)
  • Kunigami: 蟹 (gai)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 蟹 (gan)
  • Okinawan: 蟹 (gani)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 蟹 (gani)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 蟹 (gan)
  • Toku-No-Shima: 蟹 (gani)
  • Yoron: 蟹 (gan)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *kani, *gani
  • Miyako: 蟹 (gan)
  • Yaeyama: 蟹 (kan)
  • Yonaguni: 蟹 (kanna) (< *kaniCa)