Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/monki

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

Possibly an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese 麥 (OC *mrɯːɡ). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Beyond Old Chinese, might be a Wanderwort. Compare Proto-Tungusic *murgi (“barley”) and Middle Korean 밇 (milh, “wheat”).

Noun

*monki

1. wheat

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 麦 (mugi₁)
  • Japanese: 麦 (mugi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mogi
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 麦 (mugi)
    • Kunigami: 麦 (mujī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
    • Okinawan: 麦 (muji)
    • Okinoerabu: 麦 (mugi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 麦 (mugi)
    • Tokunoshima: 麦 (mugī)
    • Yoron: 麦 (mugi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 麦 (mugzï)
    • Yaeyama: 麦 (mun)
    • Yonaguni: 麦 (mun)