Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/təkərə

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

A surface analysis suggests that this could be an ancient compound of *to (“place”, as in Old Japanese 跡 ⟨ato₁⟩, “footprint, track”, from “foot place, where one has stepped”) + *kə (noun-forming suffixing element denoting “place”, as in Old Japanese ここ ⟨ko₂ko₂⟩, “here”, from “this place”) + *-rə (noun-forming suffixing element, apparently indicating within a general area, possibly as in Old Japanese 心 ⟨ko₂ko₂ro₂⟩, “heart, mind, emotions”, Old Japanese 頃 ⟨ko₂ro₂⟩, “general span of time, around a certain time”, Old Japanese うつろ ⟨uturo₂⟩, “hollowness, empty interior”). The inital *to- changed to *tə- due to Arisaka's law.

Noun

*təkərə

1. place

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 所 (to₂ko₂ro₂)
  • Japanese: 所 (tokoro)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *tokoro
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 所 (θukuru)
    • Kunigami: 所 (thukurū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 所 (θoro)
    • Okinawan: 所 (tukuru)
    • Okinoerabu: 所 (tukuru)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 所 (θuro)
    • Tokunoshima: 所 (tukuru)
    • Yoron: 所 (tukuru)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 所 (tukuru)
    • Yaeyama: 所 (tukuru)
    • Yonaguni: 所 (tuguru)