Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/misV

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 edit

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Noun edit

*misV

miso

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 未醤 (*mi₂sau)
- Japanese: 味噌 (miso) (see there for further descendants)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *miso
- Northern Ryukyuan: 미쇼 (/mi.sjo/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 味噌 (misu)
  - Kunigami: 味噌 (misū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 味噌 (misu)
  - Okinawan: 味噌 (nsu, nnsu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 味噌 (mishū)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 味噌 (misu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 味噌 (mishu)
  - Yoron: 味噌 (mishu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 味噌 (msu)
  - Yaeyama: 味噌 (mishu)
  - Yonaguni: 味噌 (nsu)