Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mezu

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 *mentu (“water”).

Noun

*mezu

1. water

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 水 (midu, mïzu)
  • Kunigami: 水 (mijī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mïzï, mïji)
  • Okinawan: 水 (miji)
  • Okinoerabu: 水 (miji, mijī)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mït)
  • Tokunoshima: 水 (mïzï)
  • Yoron: 水 (miji)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 水 (mizï)
  • Yaeyama: 水 (mizï)
  • Yonaguni: 水 (min)