Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mita

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

Speculatively related to Old Japanese 土 (ni, “clay, earth”) (< *mi).

Noun

*mita

1. soil

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese:
  • >? Hachijō: みじゃ (mija) (with irregular voicing)
• >? Old Japanese: にた (nita) (with nasal assimilation)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *mita
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: みちゃ (micha)
    • Kunigami: みちゃー (michā)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: みちゃ (micha)
    • Okinawan: んちゃ (ncha)
    • Okinoerabu: みちゃ (micha), みちゃー (michā)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: みちゃ (micha)
    • Tokunoshima: いんちゃ (incha)
    • Yoron: みちゃ (micha), にちゃ (nicha)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: みぃた (mta)
    • Yaeyama: んた (nta)
    • Yonaguni: んた (nta)