Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/ti
Latest comment: 1 year ago by Eirikr in topic Sense needs reworking, and there are multiple descendants
Sense needs reworking, and there are multiple descendants
editThe core meaning of this root appears to be something more like "life essence". Consider the apparent derivatives, all manifestations of this same central concept:
‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 00:42, 9 December 2022 (UTC)
- Any cross-linguistic evidence for the semantic shifts? Kwékwlos (talk) 13:17, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
- What semantic shifts?
- "Life essence" → "blood" / "milk" is all very straightforward. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 18:47, 13 March 2023 (UTC)