Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/miti

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 bimorphemic word, containing of *mi- (“honorific prefix”) +‎ *ti (“path, road”).

Noun

*miti

path, road

Descendants

Old Japanese: 道 (mi₁ti)
- Japanese: 道 (michi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *miti
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 道 (michi)
  - Kunigami: 道 (michī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 道 (michi)
  - Okinawan: 道 (michi)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 道 (michi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 道 (michi, mich)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 道 (mitsï)
  - ⇒ Yoron: 道中 (michinā) (< *miti-naka)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 道 (mtsï)
  - Yaeyama: 道 (mitsï)
  - ⇒ Yonaguni: 道 (amichi)

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