Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/miso

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 *misV (“miso”). If the term was an earlier Chinese borrowing, the form would be *misa, since *-au > *-a in Proto-Ryukyuan.

Noun

*miso

1. miso

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: 미쇼 (/mi.sjo/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  • Kikai: 味噌 (misu)
  • Kunigami: 味噌 (misū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 味噌 (misu)
  • Okinawan: 味噌 (nsu, nnsu)
  • Okinoerabu: 味噌 (mishū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 味噌 (misu)
  • Tokunoshima: 味噌 (mishu)
  • Yoron: 味噌 (mishu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 味噌 (msu)
  • Yaeyama: 味噌 (mishu)
  • Yonaguni: 味噌 (nsu)