Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/momo

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

Noun

*momo

1. peach

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 桃 (momo)
  • Japanese: 桃 (momo)
    • >? Ainu: モマ (moma, “Japanese peach, Japanese apricot”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *momo
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kikai: 桃 (mumu)
    • Kunigami: 桃 (mūmū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 桃 (momo)
    • Okinawan: 桃 (mumu)
    • Okinoerabu: 桃 (mumū)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 桃 (mumo)
    • Tokunoshima: 桃 (mū)
    • Yoron: 桃 (mumu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *momu
    • Miyako: 桃 (mum)
    • Yaeyama: 桃 (mun)
    • Yonaguni: 桃 (mumu, rare), ⇒ 糖桃坊 (tūmumbu)