Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wataru

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

Possibly from a root *wat- (“moving across”).

Verb

*wataru (infinitive *watari)

to go across

Related terms

*watasu (“to send across”, transitive)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 渡る (wataru)
- Japanese: 渡る (wataru)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *watari
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kunigami: 渡－るん (watārun)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 渡るり (waθaruri)
  - Okinawan: 渡ゆん (watayun)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 渡ゆん (waθayun)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 渡るい (waθarui)
  - Yoron: 渡ゆん (watayun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 渡ㇲ゙ (bataz)
  - Yaeyama: 渡るん (badarun)
  - Yonaguni: 渡るん (batarun)