Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoki

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

*yoki

1. (precipitation) hail
2. snow

Descendants

• Eastern Old Japanese: 与伎 (yo₂ki₁, “snow”) (probably a misspelling of an original yo₁ki₁, given the Western/modern reflexes)
• Old Japanese: 雪 (yuki₁, “snow”)
  • Japanese: 雪 (yuki)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *yoki
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (/ju.ki/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 雪 (yuchi)
    • Kunigami: 雪 (yuchī)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雪 (yuki-, in compounds)
    • Okinawan: 雪 (yuchi)
    • Okinoerabu: 雪 (yuki)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雪 (yuk)
    • Tokunoshima: 雪 (yuki)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 雪 (yukɿ)
    • Yonaguni: 雪 (duti)