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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sakay

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

Most likely derived from combining form *saka- + *y (emphatic nominal particle). The descendants would merge this vowel pair to /-e/ (Old Japanese e2). Compare the development of *kamuy (god).

Noun

*sakay[1][2]

  1. rice wine, rice vodka, sake

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (sake2, saka (< *saka-))
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sake
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 사긔 (sakɨi) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)[3]
      • Kikai: ()
      • Kunigami: (sakī)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: (sehe)[1]
      • Okinawan: (saki)[1]
      • Oki-No-Erabu: (sagi)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: (sïhëe)
      • Toku-No-Shima: (shakɨɨ)[1]
      • Yoron: (sai)[1]
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *sake (Robbeets, 2021)[1]

References

  1. Martine Robbeets (2021) Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages - see 25Eurasia3anglesynthesisSI5eJaponic.xlsx
  2. Martin, Samuel E. (1987) The Japanese Language Through Time, New Haven, London: Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 517
  3. Chihkai Lin (August 2015) A Reconstruction of Old Okinawan: A Corpus-Based Approach, University of Hawaii at Manoa
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