Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/monki

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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 an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese (OC *mrɯːɡ). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Beyond Old Chinese, might be a Wanderwort. Compare Proto-Tungusic *murgi (barley) and Middle Korean (milh, wheat).

Noun

*monki

  1. wheat

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (mugi1)
    • Japanese: (mugi)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mogi
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (mugi)
      • Kunigami: (mujī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (mugi)
      • Okinawan: (muji)
      • Okinoerabu: (mugi)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (mugi)
      • Tokunoshima: (mugī)
      • Yoron: (mugi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (mugzï)
      • Yaeyama: (mun)
      • Yonaguni: (mun)