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)
  • Japanese: 犬, 狗 (inu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *enu
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦奴 (inu) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • 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

• Reconstruction:Proto-Sino-Tibetan/d-kʷəj-n