Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/nonsi

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

Various dialectal forms have an initial palatal glide /mj-/, /nj-/, etc., implying a diphthongal or palatal origin of the initial mora. This issue has not been brought up in previous scholarship, however. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*nonsi

  1. rainbow

Descendants

  • Eastern Old Japanese: 虹 (no1zi, nuzi)
  • Old Japanese: 虹 (nizi)
    • Japanese: 虹 (niji)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *nozi, *noozi, *noogiri
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 虹 (niji)
      • ⇒ Kunigami: 天道虹 (thintōnōjiri) (< *tentau-noziri)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 虹 (nōgi)
      • Okinawan: 虹 (nūji)
      • Okinoerabu: 虹 (nōgi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 虹 (noki, nok)
      • Tokunoshima: 虹 (nōji)
      • ⇒ Yoron: 虹 (gōnuji)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 虹 (nūzï)
      • Yaeyama: 虹 (nūji)
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