Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/iwo

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 forms

• *uwo

Noun

*iwo

1. fish

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 魚 (uwo)
  • Japanese: 魚 (uo, io)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *io
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦窩 (io) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 魚 (iyu)
    • Kunigami: 魚 ('yū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 魚 ('yu)
    • Okinawan: 魚 (iyu, iu)
    • Okinoerabu: 魚 ('yū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 魚 ('yū)
    • Tokunoshima: 魚 ('yu)
    • Yoron: 魚 ('yū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 魚 (zzu)
    • Yaeyama: 魚 (izu)
    • Yonaguni: 魚 (iyu)

Further reading

• “いう・いゆ【魚】” in JLect - Japonic Languages and Dialects Database Dictionary, 2019.