Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wa

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

Both John B. Whitman and Alexander Francis-Ratté speculate of a connection to Old Korean 又 (*wu, “We; us”), although Whitman and Francis-Ratté's belief that Korean and Japanese are genetically linked does not have consensus in the field.

Pronoun

*wa

we

Descendants

Old Japanese: 我 (wa)
- Japanese: 我 (wa)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *wa
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 我 (wā)
  - Kunigami: 我 (wā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 我 (wā)
  - Okinawan: 我 (wā)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 我 (wā)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 我 (wā)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 我 (wā)
  - Yoron: 我 (wā)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 我 (bā)
  - Yaeyama: 我 (bā)
  - Yonaguni: 我 (bā)

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