Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/mezu

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 *mentu (“water”).

Noun

*mezu

  1. water

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 水 (midu, mïzu)
    • Kunigami: 水 (mijī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mïzï, mïji)
    • Okinawan: 水 (miji)
    • Okinoerabu: 水 (miji, mijī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mït)
    • Tokunoshima: 水 (mïzï)
    • Yoron: 水 (miji)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 水 (mizï)
    • Yaeyama: 水 (mizï)
    • Yonaguni: 水 (min)
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