Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/uwo

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

Alternative forms edit

*iwo

Etymology edit

Possibly sound-symbolic.

The *u ~ *i alteration is common in various words, but no explanation is given for why this phenomenon exists.

Noun edit

*uwo

fish

Descendants edit

Old Japanese: 魚 (uwo)
- Japanese: 魚 (uo, io)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *iwo (< *iwo), *iyO
- Northern Ryukyuan: 亦窩 (io) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  - Kikai: 魚 (iyu)
  - Kunigami: 魚 ('yū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 魚 ('yu)
  - Okinawan: 魚 (iyu, iu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 魚 ('yū)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 魚 ('yū)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 魚 ('yu)
  - Yoron: 魚 ('yū)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 魚 (zzu)
  - Yaeyama: 魚 (izu)
  - Yonaguni: 魚 (iyu)