Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yu

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 *yu (“hot water”).

Noun

*yu

1. hot water

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 湯 (yū)
  • Kunigami: 湯 (yū)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 湯 (yū)
  • Okinawan: 湯 (yū)
  • Okinoerabu: 湯 (yū)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 湯 (yū)
  • Tokunoshima: 湯 (yū)
  • Yoron: 湯 (yū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 湯 (yū)
  • Yaeyama: 湯 (yū)
  • Yonaguni: 湯 (du, dū)