Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/miti

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

Etymology

A bimorphemic word, containing of *mi- (“honorific prefix”) +‎ *ti (“path, road”).

Noun

*miti

1. path, road

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 道 (mi₁ti)
  • Japanese: 道 (michi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *miti
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 道 (michi)
    • Kunigami: 道 (michī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 道 (michi)
    • Okinawan: 道 (michi)
    • Okinoerabu: 道 (michi)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 道 (michi, mich)
    • Tokunoshima: 道 (mitsï)
    • ⇒ Yoron: 道中 (michinā) (< *miti-naka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 道 (mtsï)
    • Yaeyama: 道 (mitsï)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 道 (amiti)