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

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)