Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoru

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

From *yo. Compare Proto-Japonic *piru (“day, daytime”) from *pi (“day”).

Noun

*yoru

1. night

   Antonym: *piru (“daytime”)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 夜 (yo₁ru)
  • Japanese: 夜 (yoru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *yoru
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 이우루 (/⁠i.u.ru⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 夜 (yuru)
    • Kunigami: 夜 (yurū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
    • Okinawan: 夜 (yuru)
    • Okinoerabu: 夜 (yuru, yurū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 夜 (yuru)
    • Tokunoshima: 夜 (yuru)
    • Yoron: 夜 (yuru)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 夜 (yūz)
    • Yaeyama: 夜 (yūrï)
    • Yonaguni: 夜 (duru)