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

place

Descendants

Old Japanese: 所 (to₂ko₂ro₂)
- Japanese: 所 (tokoro)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *tokoro
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 所 (θukuru)
  - Kunigami: 所 (thukurū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 所 (θoro)
  - Okinawan: 所 (tukuru)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 所 (tukuru)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 所 (θuro)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 所 (tukuru)
  - Yoron: 所 (tukuru)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 所 (tukuru)
  - Yaeyama: 所 (tukuru)
  - Yonaguni: 所 (tuguru)

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