Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/peru

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

Pronunciation

• Accent class: 2.1

Noun

*peru

1. garlic

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 蒜 (pi₁ru)
  • Japanese: 蒜 (hiru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *peru
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 픠루 (/⁠pʰɨi.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 蒜 (pïru)
    • Kunigami: 蒜 (phirū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 蒜 (fïru)
    • Okinawan: 蒜 (firu)
    • Okinoerabu: 蒜 (hirū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 蒜 (fïr)
    • Tokunoshima: 蒜 (fïru)
    • Yoron: 蒜 (piru)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 蒜 (piz)
    • Yaeyama: 蒜 (pin)
    • Yonaguni: 蒜 (hiru)