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Why do we believe that 神 is likely to be a loan from Ainu?
I recently read the document "Old Japanese Loanwords" by Frellesvig, where he states:
OJ kamwi ~ kamu- 'spirit, deity' may well be borrowed from an ancestor of Ainu kamuy 'bear; deity'.
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