Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/miti

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 edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Japonic *miti (path, road).

Noun edit

*miti

  1. path, road

Descendants edit

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: (michi)
    • Kunigami: (michī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: (michi)
    • Okinawan: (michi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: (michi)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: (michi, mich)
    • Toku-No-Shima: (mitsï)
    • Yoron: 道中 (michinā) (< *miti-naka)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: (mtsï)
    • Yaeyama: (mitsï)
    • Yonaguni: (amiti)