Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/etu

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 cognate with Goguryeo 于次 (ucha).

Numeral

**Proto-Japonic cardinal numbers**
< 4	5	6 >
Cardinal : *etu

*etu

five

Descendants

Old Japanese: 五 (itu)
- Japanese: 五 (itsu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *etu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 五 (いつ, itsu)
  - Kunigami: 五 (ひち, hichi)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
  - Okinawan: 五 (いち, ichi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 五 (いち, ichi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 五 (いとぃ, itï)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 五 (ぃつぃ, ïtsï)
  - Yoron: 五 (いち, ichi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
  - Yaeyama: 五 (いつぃ, itsï)
  - Yonaguni: 五 (いち, ichi)

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