Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ito

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 *ito (“thread”).

Pronunciation

  • Tone class: C

Noun

*ito

  1. thread
  2. silk

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 糸 (ichū, itū)
    • Kunigami: 糸 (hichū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 糸 (iθo, isho)
    • Old Okinawan: いと (ito) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
      • Kunigami: ひちゅー (hichū)
      • Okinawan: いーちゅ (īchu), いーちゅー (īchū)
    • Okinoerabu: 糸 (ichu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 糸 (iθō)
    • Tokunoshima: 糸 (ichu)
    • Yoron: 糸 (itchū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
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