Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/ero

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *erə (“color”).

Noun

*ero

1. color

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 色 (iru)
  • Kunigami: 色 (irū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 色 (iru)
  • Okinawan: 色 (iru)
  • Okinoerabu: 色 (irū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 色 (iryu)
  • Tokunoshima: 色 (iru)
  • Yoron: 色 (iru)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 色 (iru)
  • Yaeyama: 色 (iru)
  • Yonaguni: 色 (iru)