Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/mita

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

Speculatively related to Old Japanese 土 (ni, “clay, earth”) (< *mi).

Noun

*mita

  1. soil

Descendants

  • Eastern Old Japanese:
    • >? Hachijō: みじゃ (mija) (with irregular voicing)
  • >? Old Japanese: にた (nita) (with nasal assimilation)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *mita
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: みちゃ (micha)
      • Kunigami: みちゃー (michā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: みちゃ (micha)
      • Okinawan: んちゃ (ncha)
      • Okinoerabu: みちゃ (micha), みちゃー (michā)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: みちゃ (micha)
      • Tokunoshima: いんちゃ (incha)
      • Yoron: みちゃ (micha), にちゃ (nicha)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
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