Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/n-anu-

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *n-anuy
• *nanoy

Pronoun

*n-anu-

1. what

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese: 何 (aⁿ-)
• Old Japanese: 何 (nani)
  • Japanese: 何 (nani)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *nao
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 何 (nū)
    • Kunigami: 何 (nū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
    • Okinawan: 何 (nū)
    • Okinoerabu: 何 (nū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 何 (nū)
    • Tokunoshima: 何 (nu)
    • Yoron: 何 (nū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 何 (nau, nō)
    • Yaeyama: 何 (nō)
    • Yonaguni: 何 (nū)