Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/u

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

Verb

*u (infinitive *ay)

1. to get, receive

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 得 (u)
  • Japanese: 得る (eru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *e
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 得ん (yun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 得るり (yiruri)
    • Okinawan: 得ゆん (yīyun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 得 (ïï)
    • Yaeyama: 得ーるん (īrun)
    • Yonaguni: 得るん (irun, “to do; to borrow”)