Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/pinsa

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

• *pisa

Noun

*pinsa

1. foot, leg
2. knee

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 膝 (piza, “knee”)
  • Japanese: 膝 (hiza)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *pisa (“foot, leg”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 피샤 (/⁠pʰi.sja⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kunigami: 足 (phisā)
    • Okinawan: 足 (fisha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 足 (psïsa)
    • Yaeyama: 足 (psïsa)