Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/keᴮ

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 1

From Proto-Japonic *kəy (“tree”).

Noun

*keᴮ

1. tree

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 木, 樹 (xïï, hī)
  • Kunigami: 木, 樹 (khī /⁠kʰǐː⁠/)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (kï, xï, xïï)
  • Okinawan: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)
  • Okinoerabu: 木, 樹 (hī /⁠çǐː⁠/)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 木, 樹 (xïï /⁠kʰɨ̀ː⁠/)
  • Tokunoshima: 木, 樹 (kï /⁠kɨ́⁠/)
  • Yoron: 木, 樹 (shī /⁠ɕǐː⁠/)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 木, 樹 (kī)
  • Yaeyama: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠kíː⁠/)
  • Yonaguni: 木, 樹 (kī /⁠⁠kìː⁠⁠/)