Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/patu

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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

Proto-Japonic numbers (edit)
1
    Cardinal: *pitə
    Ordinal: *patu

Etymology

Possibly related to 端 (pata, “edge”); compare 始む (pazimu, “to begin”), in turn considered to be a derivation from 端 (pa, pasi, “edge”).

Numeral

*patu

  1. first

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 初 (patu)
    • Japanese: 初 (hatsu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *patu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 初 (patsu)
      • Kunigami: 初 (phachī)
      • Northern Amami-Oshima: 初 (hatsï)
      • Okinawan: 初 (hatsi, hachi)
      • Oki-No-Erabu: 初 (hachi)
      • Southern Amami-Oshima: 初 (hatï)
      • Toku-No-Shima: 初 (hatsï)
      • Yoron: 初 (pachi)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 初 (patsï)
      • Yaeyama: 初 (patsï)
      • Yonaguni: 初 (hachi)
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