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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. |
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A user suggests that this Proto-Japonic reconstruction page be cleaned up, giving the reason: “Japanese sources derive Japanese 羽 (hane, “quill, from which a feather grows; feather; wing”) as a compound of 羽 (ha, “feather”) + 根 (ne, “root”). The word is even attested spelled as 羽根. The problem for this /-y/-final reconstruction is that hane ("feather") has no attested compounding form hana, and 根 (ne) likewise has no compounding form na. Old Japanese 羽 (pa) may be cognate with 葉 (pa, “leaf”). 羽 also appears as ha in Okinawan, c.f. JLect entries.” |
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Possibly related to *pa (“leaf”).
*panay