Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/omi

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

Noun

*omi

1. ocean, sea

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 海 (umi₁)
  • Japanese: 海 (umi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *omi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 烏乜 (ume) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 海 (umi)
    • Kunigami: 海 (umi, umī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 海 (umi, un)
    • Okinawan: 海 (umi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 海 (uni)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 海 (umi)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 海 (un)
    • Yoron: 海 (un)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 海 (im) (< *emi)
    • Yaeyama: 海 (in) (< *emi)
    • Yonaguni: 海 (in, unnaga) (< *emi, *ominaka)