Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/moko

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

Noun

*moko

1. bridegroom
2. son-in-law

Descendants

• Old Japanese: もこ (mo₁ko₁, “comrade”)
  • Japanese: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muko)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *moko
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muko), 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mōkkwa) (< *moko, *moko-kura)
    • Kunigami: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mufu)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (moho, muho, mufu)
    • Okinawan: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mūku)
    • ⇒ Okinoerabu: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mukkwa) (< *moko-kura)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muho)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: 婿殿, 聟殿, 壻殿 (mukudun) (< *moko-dono)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 婿子等, 聟子等, 壻子等 (mūkwā) (< *moko-kura)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muku)
    • Yaeyama: 婿, 聟, 壻 (muku)
    • Yonaguni: 婿, 聟, 壻 (mugu)

Further reading

• Thomas Pellard. Ryukyuan and the reconstruction of proto-Japanese-Ryukyuan. Frellesvig, Bjarke; Kinsui, Satoshi. Handbook of historical Japanese linguistics, De Gruyter, pp.33−61, 2023, Handbooks of Japanese Language and Linguistics [HJLL], 9781614514015. ⟨10.1515/9781614512851-003⟩. ⟨hal-04039079⟩