Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/monki

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

Possibly an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Beyond Old Chinese, might be a Wanderwort. Compare Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”) and Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”).

Noun

*monki

wheat

Descendants

Old Japanese: 麦 (mugi₁)
- Japanese: 麦 (mugi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mogi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 麦 (mujī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 麦 (mugi)
  - Okinawan: 麦 (muji)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 麦 (mugi)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 麦 (mugī)
  - Yoron: 麦 (mugi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 麦 (mugzï)
  - Yaeyama: 麦 (mun)
  - Yonaguni: 麦 (mun)

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