Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pitunsi

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

According to Samuel Martin, possibly a compound of *pi (unknown, perhaps the same pi found in *pinkay (“beard”)) +‎ *tu (possibly the genitive particle つ (tu)) +‎ *-n- (possibly a contraction of the genitive particle の (no)) +‎ *-_(u)si (related to animals, as in 肉 (shishi, “meat”, obsolete), 獣 (shishi, “animal (used for meat)”, obsolete), or possibly 牛 (ushi, “cow, ox”)).

Alternative reconstructions

*pitunsi (Samuel Martin)

Noun

*pitunsi

sheep

Descendants

Old Japanese: 羊 (pi₁tuzi)
- Japanese: 羊 (hitsuji)

References

Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN

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