Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/suso

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 *suso (“hem”).

Noun

*suso

1. hem

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 裾 (susu)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 裾 (susu)
  • Okinawan: 裾 (susu)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 裾 (susū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 裾 (ssu, sïsu)
  • Yaeyama: 裾 (ssu)