Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kəi

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

Compare Middle Korean 그릏 (kuluh, “(tree) stump”).

Noun

*kəi

tree

Descendants

Southern Eastern Old Japanese: 木 (ke₂)
Old Japanese: 木, 樹 (ki₂, ko₂)
- Japanese: 木, 樹 (ki, ko)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *ke
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
  - Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /⁠kʰǐː⁠/)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
  - Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)
  - Okinoerabu: 木, 樹 (hī /⁠çǐː⁠/)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̀ˑ⁠/)
  - Tokunoshima: 木, 樹 (kï /⁠kɨ́⁠/)
  - Yoron: 木, 樹 (hī, shī /⁠çǐː, ɕǐː⁠/)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
  - Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)
  - Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)