Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yado

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *yanto (“door; home, house, lodging”).

Noun

*yado

1. home, house, lodging
2. door

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 宿 (yadu)
  • Kunigami: 宿 (yadu)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 宿 (yado)
  • Okinawan: 宿 (yadu)
  • Okinoerabu: 宿 (yadu)
  • Southern Amami Ōshima: 宿 (yado)
  • Tokunoshima: 宿 (yadu)
  • Yoron: 宿 (yadu)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 宿 (yadu)
  • Yaeyama: 宿 (yadu)
  • Yonaguni: 宿 (dadu)