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

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)