Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/miti

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 *miti (“path, road”).

Noun

*miti

1. path, road

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 道 (michi)
  • Kunigami: 道 (michī)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 道 (michi)
  • Okinawan: 道 (michi)
  • Okinoerabu: 道 (michi)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 道 (michi, mich)
  • Tokunoshima: 道 (mitsï)
  • ⇒ Yoron: 道中 (michinā) (< *miti-naka)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 道 (mtsï)
  • Yaeyama: 道 (mitsï)
  • ⇒ Yonaguni: 道 (amiti)