Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pikar-

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

From stem *pika, cognate with modern ぴかぴか (pikapika), + *ru (verb suffix). Most likely cognate with *pi (“sun”).

Possibly cognate with Korean 빛 (bit).

Verb

*pikar- (infinitive *pikari)

to shine, glitter

Derived terms

*pikari

Descendants

Old Japanese: 光 (pikaru)
- Japanese: 光る (hikaru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *pikari
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 光ゆい (pikayui)
  - Kunigami: 光ーるん (pikārun)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 光るり (hikyaruri)
  - Okinawan: 光ゆん (fichayun)
  - Okinoerabu: 光ゆん (hikayun)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 光ーゆむっ (hikāyum, hikyāyum)
  - Tokunoshima: 光り (sïkyari), 光りぃ (sïkyarï)
  - Yoron: 光ゆん (pichayun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 光ーㇲ゙ (psïkāz)
  - Yaeyama: 光るん (pïkarun)
  - Yonaguni: 光るん (hikarun)