Reconstruction talk:Proto-Japonic/asi

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I made an RFV; any thoughts and  Chuterix (talk) 01:23, 27 June 2023 (UTC)


 * There is definitely 🇨🇬, attestable both as a standalone noun and as a component in many compounds, even things that modern speakers think of as atomic like, originally from + , in reference to "footprint", as in one's "trail", one's "afters".  This suggests that the asi form that is also attestable in OJP may well be a compound, although I am uncertain what the -si element would be.
 * If this is a compound, and no reflexes can be found in the Ryukyuan languages, then this must have been a form that arose specifically in the Japanese branch after the Japanese and Ryukyuan populations split off.
 * I do seem to find reflexes of 🇨🇬, such as in 🇨🇬, suggesting that at least some of the derivatives of 🇨🇬 are shared -- unless this Okinawan atu can be shown to be a later borrowing? ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │Tala við mig 09:04, 27 June 2023 (UTC)