Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sunkOi

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

Reconstruction

This word ends with an uncertain diphthong, either -ui or -oi.

Noun

*sunkOi

Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 杉 (sugi₂)
- Japanese: 杉 (sugi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sugi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 杉 (sugi)
  - ⇒ Kunigami: 杉木 (shijīki)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 杉 (sïgi, sïgï)
  - Okinawan: 杉 (shiji)
  - Okinoerabu: 杉 (shizgi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 杉 (sïgï)
  - Tokunoshima: 杉 (sïïgï)
  - Yoron: 杉 (shigi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 杉 (sïgi)
  - Yaeyama: 杉 (sïgï)