Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kumo

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

Possibly an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese 雲 (*ɢun). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kumo

1. cloud

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 雲 (kumo₁)
  • Japanese: 雲 (kumo)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kumo
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 雲 (kumu)
    • Kunigami: 雲 (kumū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (komo, kumo)
    • Okinawan: 雲 (kumu)
    • Okinoerabu: 雲 (kumu, kumū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (kumo, kumu)
    • Tokunoshima: 雲 (kumu)
    • Yoron: 雲 (kumu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 雲 (fumu)
    • Yaeyama: 雲 (fumu)
    • Yonaguni: 雲 (nmu)