Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/peko

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

Alternative reconstructions

*piko

Etymology

This is based purely on the work of John Bentley, and the reconstruction of *peko might be mistaken.

Japanese sources derive this instead as a compound of *pi (“sun”) + *kua (“child”).

Noun

*peko

boy

Derived terms

Proto-Japonic: *yamanpeko (“mountain god, echo”)
- Old Japanese: 山彦 (yamabi₁ko₁)
  - Japanese: 山彦 (yamabiko)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *yamabeko
  - Northern Ryukyuan:
    - Kunigami: 山彦 (yamābiku)
    - >? Northern Amami-Oshima: 山彦 (yamanbo)
    - Okinawan: 山彦 (yamabiku)
    - Yoron: 山彦 (yamabiku)
  - Southern Ryukyuan:
    - Yaeyama: 山彦 (yamabiki)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 彦 (pi₁ko₁)
- Japanese: 彦 (hiko)

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