Reconstruction:Proto-Koreanic/seki

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This Proto-Koreanic 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-Koreanic

Numeral

*seki

three

Descendants

Baekje: 新台邑 (*saidəp)
Old Korean:
- Middle Korean: 셓〯 (sěyh)
  - Korean: 셋 (set)
Old Korean:
- Middle Korean: 세〯 (sěy)
  - Korean: 세 (se)
Old Korean:
- Middle Korean: 석〯 (sěk)
  - Korean: 석 (seok)
→⇒ Old Japanese: 三枝 (SAKI₁KUSA, “three-branched plant?”)
- Japanese: 三枝 (sakikusa, saigusa)

References

Vovin, Alexander (2010) Koreo-Japonica: A Re-Evaluation of a Common Genetic Origin, University of Hawai’i Press, →ISBN, →JSTOR, pages 180-181, 211