Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/monki

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

Might be a Wanderwort. Compare Old Chinese 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ), Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”) and Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”).

Noun

*monki

  1. wheat

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 麦 (mugi1)
    • Japanese: 麦 (mugi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mogi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 麦 (mugi)
      • Kunigami: 麦 (mujī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
      • Okinawan: 麦 (muji)
      • Okinoerabu: 麦 (mugi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
      • Tokunoshima: 麦 (mugī)
      • Yoron: 麦 (mugi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 麦 (mugzï)
      • Yaeyama: 麦 (mun)
      • Yonaguni: 麦 (mun)
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