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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/n-anu-

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

Alternative reconstructions

Etymology

Compare Proto-Austronesian *(na-)nu (“what”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronoun

*n-anu-[1]

  1. what

Descendants
  • Eastern Old Japanese: 何 (ani)
  • Old Japanese: 何 (nani)
    • Japanese: 何 (nani)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nawo, *nau
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 何 (nū)
      • Kunigami: 何 (nū)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 何 (nū)
      • Okinawan: 何 (nū)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 何 (nū)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 何 (nu)
      • Yoron: 何 (nū)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 何 (nau, nō)
      • Yaeyama: 何 (nō)
      • Yonaguni: 何 (nū)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin‎, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 67
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