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

**Proto-Japonic numbers ^(edit)**
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Cardinal: *mu

Etymology

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

Numeral

*mu

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)