Ainuic

Ainuic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Ainu アイヌbor.
Japanese アイヌ (Ainu)der.
English Ainu
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English Ainuic

    From Ainu + -ic.

    Proper noun

    Ainuic

    1. A proposed language family spoken in Hokkaido (and historically Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands), consisting of the Ainu languages.

    Adjective

    Ainuic (not comparable)

    1. Of or pertaining to the proposed Ainuic language family.
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