Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/anto

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.

This Proto-Japonic entry contains original research. The reconstruction in this entry is based on published research, but the specific form presented here is not found in prior works.

Proto-Japonic

Pronunciation

• Accent class: 2.3

Noun

*anto

1. heel

Descendants

• Japanese: あど (ado, Kagoshima)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ado
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: あどぅ (adu)
    • Kunigami: あどぅー (adū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: あど (ado)
    • Okinawan: あどぅ (adu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: あーどぅー (ādū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: あど (ado)
    • Toku-No-Shima: あどぅ (adu)
    • Yoron: あどぅ (adu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: あどぅ (adu)
    • Yaeyama: あどぅ (adu)
    • Yonaguni: あどぅびら (adubira)