Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mentu

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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

A suffixed form of a root *me, also seen in Goguryeo (*me, river, water). Related with Goguryeo 買召, 彌鄒 (*medu).

Noun

*mentu

  1. water

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: (mi1du)
    • Japanese: (mizu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mezu
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: (midu, mïzu)
      • Kunigami: (mijī)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (mïzï, mïji)
      • Okinawan: (miji)
      • Okinoerabu: (miji, mijī)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (mït)
      • Tokunoshima: (mïzï)
      • Yoron: (miji)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (mizï)
      • Yaeyama: (mizï)
      • Yonaguni: (min)