Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yama

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

*yama

1. mountain
2. mountain forest

Derived terms

• *yamatə (“Yamato”) (possibly)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 山 (yama)
  • Japanese: 山 (yama, “mountain”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *yama
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 亞馬 (yama) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 山 (yama)
    • Kunigami: 山 (yamā)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 山 (yama)
    • Okinawan: 山 (yama)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 山 (yama, yamā)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 山 (yama)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 山 (yama)
    • Yoron: 山 (yama)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *yama (Bentley, 2008b)
    • Miyako: 山 (yama)
    • Yaeyama: 山 (yama)
    • Yonaguni: 山 (dama)