Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/ito

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.

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Proto-Japonic

Noun

*ito

1. thread

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 糸 (ito₁)
  • Japanese: 糸 (ito)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *ito
  • Northern Ryukyuan: いと (ito) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
    • Kikai: 糸 (ichū, itū)
    • Kunigami: 糸 (hichū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 糸 (iθo, isho)
    • Okinawan: 糸 (īchū)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 糸 (ichu)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 糸 (iθō)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 糸 (ichu)
    • Yoron: 糸 (itchū)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 糸 (ichū)
    • Yaeyama: 糸 (itu, ittu)
    • ⇒ Yonaguni: 木綿糸 (mumin'itu)