Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoru

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

From *yo. Compare Proto-Japonic *piru (“day, daytime”) from *pi (“day”).

Noun

*yoru

  1. night
    Antonym: *piru (“daytime”)

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 夜 (yo1ru)
    • Japanese: 夜 (yoru)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *yoru
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 이우루 (/⁠i.u.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 夜 (yuru)
      • Kunigami: 夜 (yurū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
      • Okinawan: 夜 (yuru)
      • Okinoerabu: 夜 (yuru, yurū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
      • Tokunoshima: 夜 (yuru)
      • Yoron: 夜 (yuru)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 夜 (yūz)
      • Yaeyama: 夜 (yūrï)
      • Yonaguni: 夜 (duru)
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