Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wosanki

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

Possibly cognate with Goguryeo 烏斯含 (*osegam).

Noun

*wosanki

1. hare, rabbit

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese: 乎佐藝 (wosagi₁)
• Old Japanese: 兔 (*usagi₁)
  • Japanese: 兎 (usagi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *osagi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏撒及, 吾撒急 (usaki) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469-1470)
    • Kikai: 兎 (usagi)
    • Kunigami: 兎 (fusāji)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (osagi)
    • Okinawan: 兎 (usaji)
    • Okinoerabu: 兎 (usagī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 兎 (usag)
    • Tokunoshima: 兎 (ushāgi)
    • Yoron: 兎 (usagi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *usagi (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: 兎 (usagi)
    • Yaeyama: 兎 (ushāngï)
    • Yonaguni: 兎 (usangi)