Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yama

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 *yama (“mountain; forest”).

Noun

*yama

1. mountain
2. forest

Derived terms

• *yamato (“Yamato”) (possibly)
• *yaeyama (“Yaeyama”)

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 亞馬 (yama) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  • Kikai: 山 (yama)
  • Kunigami: 山 (yamā)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 山 (yama)
  • Okinawan: 山 (yama)
  • Okinoerabu: 山 (yama, yamā)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 山 (yama)
  • Tokunoshima: 山 (yama)
  • Yoron: 山 (yama)
• Southern Ryukyuan: *yama (Bentley, 2008b)
  • Miyako: 山 (yama)
  • Yaeyama: 山 (yama)
  • Yonaguni: 山 (dama)

References

• Lin (2015)
• Thorpe (1983)