Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yono-

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 *yə (“same”); the second mora is likely *no (“genitive marker”).

Prefix

*yono-

  1. same

Descendants

  • Northern Ryukyuan: ゑん (wen) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
    • Kikai: いぃん (yin-)
    • Kunigami: ゆぬ (yunu-)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: ゆん (yun-)
    • Okinawan: いぃぬ (yinu-), いぃん (yin-)
    • Okinoerabu: ゆぬ (yunu-)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: いぃぬ (yinu-)
    • ⇒ Tokunoshima: いぬい (inui, “first birthday”) (< *yono-(p)i)
    • Yoron: ゆぬ (yunu-)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: ゆぬ (yunu-)
    • Yaeyama: ゆぬ (yunu-)
    • Yonaguni: どぅぬ (dunu-)
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