Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kansai

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

Probably a combination of *ka (“smell”) and *sai (“rapids”) with rendaku, with an original meaning "flow of smell".

Noun

*kansai

  1. wind

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 風 (kaze, kaza)
    • Japanese: 風 (kaze, kaza)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *kaze
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 칸즤 (/⁠kʰan.t͡sɨi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 風 (haji, hadi)
      • Kunigami: 風 (hajī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 風 (kaze, xaze)
      • Okinawan: 風 (kaji)
      • Okinoerabu: 風 (haji, hajī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 風 (kade, kadï)
      • Tokunoshima: 風 (kazï, kadï, kadi)
      • Yoron: 風 (hadi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 風 (kaji)
      • Yaeyama: 風 (kaji)
      • Yonaguni: 風 (kaji, kadi)
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