Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mura

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

Etymology

Possibly from *muru (“group; to gather”), reflected in Japanese 群れる (mureru, “to gather”) and Middle Korean 물 (mwul, “group, crowd”), via an addition of a suffix *-a. Related to Old Korean *牟羅 (*mura, “village”) and Jeju *牟羅 (*-mura, “village”), both appearing in place names.

Noun

*mura

village, settlement

Descendants

Old Japanese: 村 (mura)
- Japanese: 村 (mura)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *mura
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 村 (mura)
  - Kunigami: 村 (murā)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 村 (mora)
  - Okinawan: 村 (mura)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 村 (mura)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 村 (mura)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 村 (murā)
  - Yoron: 村 (mura)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 村 (mura)
  - Yaeyama: 村 (mura)
  - Yonaguni: 村 (mura)
Peninsular Japonic: *mura
- Han:
  - Old Korean: *牟羅 (*mura)
→ Jeju: *牟羅 (*-mura)

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