Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/esoi

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

Alternative reconstructions

• *esu(y) (Vovin, 2010)

Noun

*esoi

1. stone

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese: 於思 (osi), 於須 (osu)
• Old Japanese: 石 (isi)
  • Japanese: 石 (ishi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *esi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦石, 一實 (ishi) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 石 (ishi)
    • Kunigami: 石 (ishī, hishī, shī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 石 (ishi)
    • Okinawan: 石 (ishi)
    • Okinoerabu: 石 (ishi, ishī)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 石 (ishi, ish)
    • Tokunoshima: 石 (isï)
    • Yoron: 石 (ishi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 石 (isï)
    • Yaeyama: 石 (ishi)
    • Yonaguni: 石 (ichi)