Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/enu

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.
This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Reconstruction

For the reconstruction of initial *e-, compare *inay (“rice plant”).

Noun

*enu

  1. dog

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 犬, 狗 (inu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *enu
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470), 이노 (/⁠i.no⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 犬 (in)
      • ⇒ Kunigami: 犬子等 (innukwā) (< *enu-kura "puppy")
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
      • Okinawan: 犬 (in)
      • Okinoerabu: 犬 (inu, inū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 犬 (in)
      • Tokunoshima: 犬 (in, ïn)
      • Yoron: 犬 (inu)
    • Southern Ryukyuan: *enu (Bentley, 2008b)
      • Miyako: 犬 (in)
      • Yaeyama: 犬 (in)
      • Yonaguni: 犬 (in, inu)

See also

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