Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mentu

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

Etymology

A suffixed form of a root *me, also seen in Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river, water”). Related with Goguryeo 買召, 彌鄒 (*medu).

Noun

*mentu

1. water

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 水 (mi₁du)
  • Japanese: 水 (mizu)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mezu
  • 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)