Reconstruction:Proto-Koreanic/i-

This Proto-Koreanic 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.

This Proto-Koreanic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Koreanic

Prefix

*i-

1. this

Descendants

• Old Korean: 是 (*i)
  • Middle Korean: 이〮 (í)
    • Korean: 이 (i)
• → Jurchen: [script needed] (in-i, “his”)
  • Manchu: ᡳ (i, “this”)

References

• Vovin (2013, 224)