Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yama

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

Noun

*yama

mountain
mountain forest

Derived terms

*yamatə (“Yamato”) (possibly)

Descendants

Old Japanese: 山 (yama)
- Japanese: 山 (yama, “mountain”)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yama
- Northern Ryukyuan: 亞馬 (yama) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
  - Kikai: 山 (yama)
  - Kunigami: 山 (yamā)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 山 (yama)
  - Okinawan: 山 (yama)
  - Okinoerabu: 山 (yama, yamā)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 山 (yama)
  - Tokunoshima: 山 (yama)
  - Yoron: 山 (yama)
- Southern Ryukyuan: *yama (Bentley, 2008b)
  - Miyako: 山 (yama)
  - Yaeyama: 山 (yama)
  - Yonaguni: 山 (dama)