Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/ti

Sense needs reworking, and there are multiple descendants

The core meaning of this root appears to be something more like "life essence". Consider the apparent derivatives, all manifestations of this same central concept:

• 霊 (chi, “life essence, life force, mystic supernatural energy”)
• 血 (chi, “blood”)
• 乳 (chi, “milk”)

‑‑ 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)