Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mentu

This Proto-Japonic 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-Japonic

Etymology

A suffixed form of a root *me, possibly related to Goguryeo 買 (*me, “river, water”).

Noun

*mentu

  1. water

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 水 (mi1du)
    • Japanese: 水 (mizu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mezu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 水 (midu, mïzu)
      • Kunigami: 水 (mijī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mïzï, mïji)
      • Okinawan: 水 (miji)
      • Okinoerabu: 水 (miji, mijī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 水 (mït)
      • Tokunoshima: 水 (mïzï)
      • Yoron: 水 (miji)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 水 (mizï)
      • Yaeyama: 水 (mizï)
      • Yonaguni: 水 (min)
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