Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/intomi

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

*intu (“to go out”) +‎ *-o (adnominal) +‎ *mi (“water”, not used in isolation)

Noun

*intomi

spring

Descendants

Old Japanese: 泉 (idumi)
- Japanese: 泉 (izumi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *idomi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 泉 (ijumi)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 泉 (izumi, ijomi)
  - Okinawan: 泉 (ijun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 泉 (ijumi, ijungō)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 泉 (ijumi)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 泉 (ijun)
  - ⇒ Yoron: 泉 (ijungō)