Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/iwo

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

Alternative forms

  • *uwo

Noun

*iwo

  1. fish

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 魚 (uwo)
    • Japanese: 魚 (uo, io)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *io
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 亦窩 (io) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470), 이우 (/⁠i.u⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: 魚 (iyu)
      • Kunigami: 魚 ('yū)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 魚 ('yu)
      • Okinawan: 魚 (iyu, iu)
      • Okinoerabu: 魚 ('yū)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 魚 ('yū)
      • Tokunoshima: 魚 ('yu)
      • Yoron: 魚 ('yū)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 魚 (zzu)
      • Yaeyama: 魚 (izu)
      • Yonaguni: 魚 (iyu)

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