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Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/tani

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 *旦 (*tan).[1]

Noun

*tani[1]

  1. valley

Descendants
  • Old Japanese: 谷 (tani)
    • Japanese: 谷 (tani)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *tani

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2017) “Origins of the Japanese Language”, in Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Linguistics‎, →DOI
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