Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wasai

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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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

According to Vovin, from Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar, which was borrowed into late Old Korean as 菩薩 (reconstructed phonetically by Vovin as /pasʌr/), later attested as Middle Korean ᄡᆞᆯ (psol), modern Korean 쌀 (ssal, “rice”).[1]

Noun[edit]

*wasai

  1. early ripening rice

Descendants[edit]

  • Old Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
  • (possibly) → Korean: 쌀 (ssal, “rice”) (< Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Alexander Vovin (2015) “On The Etymology of Middle Korean psʌr 'rice'”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları
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