Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ito

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *ito (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: C

Noun

*ito

1. thread

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 糸 (ichū, itū)
  • Kunigami: 糸 (hichū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 糸 (iθo, isho)
  • Old Okinawan: いと (ito) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
    • Kunigami: 糸 (hichū)
    • Okinawan: 糸 (īchū)
  • Okinoerabu: 糸 (ichu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 糸 (iθō)
  • Tokunoshima: 糸 (ichu)
  • Yoron: 糸 (itchū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 糸 (ichū)
  • Yaeyama: 糸 (itu, ittu)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 木綿糸 (mumin'itu)