Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mu

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

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Cardinal: *mu

Etymology

Likely an ablaut of *mi (“three”) and possibly related to Goguryeo *密 (*mit, “three”).

Numeral

*mu

1. six

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 六 (mu)
  • Japanese: 六 (mu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mu
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 六 (mū)
    • Kunigami: 六 (mū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 六 (mū)
    • Okinawan: 六 (mū)
    • Okinoerabu: 六 (mū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 六 (mū)
    • Tokunoshima: 六 (mū)
    • Yoron: 六 (mū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 六 (m)
    • Yaeyama: 六 (mū)
    • Yonaguni: 六 (mū)