Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/təkərə

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

A surface analysis suggests that this could be an ancient compound of ⟨to₂⟩ (“place”, as in 跡 ⟨ato₂⟩, “footprint, track”, from “foot place, where one has stepped”) + ⟨ko₂⟩ (noun-forming suffixing element denoting “place”, as in ここ ⟨ko₂ko₂⟩, “here”, from “this place”) + ⟨ro₂⟩ (noun-forming suffixing element, apparently indicating within a general area, possibly as in 心 ⟨ko₂ko₂ro₂⟩, “heart, mind, emotions”, 頃 ⟨ko₂ro₂⟩, “general span of time, around a certain time”, うつろ ⟨uturo₂⟩, “hollowness, empty interior”).

Noun

*təkərə

place

Descendants

Old Japanese: 所 (to₂ko₂ro₂)
- Japanese: 所 (ところ, tokoro)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *tokoro
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 所 (とﾟぅくる, θukuru)
  - Kunigami: 所 (とぅく゚るー, thukurū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 所 (とﾟろ, θoro)
  - Okinawan: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
  - Yoron: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
  - Yaeyama: 所 (とぅくる, tukuru)
  - Yonaguni: 所 (とぅぐる, tuguru)

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