Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wasai
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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
Descendants[edit]
- Old Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
- Japanese: 早稲 (wase, wasa)
- (possibly) → Korean: 쌀 (ssal, “rice”) (< Pre-Proto-Japonic *wasar)