Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mura

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 from *mur- (“group; to gather”), reflected in Japanese 群れる (mureru, “to gather”), via an addition of a suffix *-a. 牟羅 (*mura) appears in Old Korean placenames.

Noun

*mura

village, settlement

Descendants

Old Japanese: 村 (mura)
- Japanese: 村 (mura)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mura
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 村 (mura)
  - Kunigami: 村 (murā)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mora)
  - Okinawan: 村 (mura)
  - Okinoerabu: 村 (mura)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 村 (mura)
  - Tokunoshima: 村 (murā)
  - Yoron: 村 (mura)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 村 (mura)
  - Yaeyama: 村 (mura)
  - Yonaguni: 村 (mura)