Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/yoko

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 *yəkə (“sideways”).

Noun

*yoko

1. sideways

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 横 (yuku)
  • Kunigami: 横 (yukū)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 横 (yuku)
  • Okinawan: 横 (yuku)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 横 (yukū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 横 (yuku)
  • Yoron: 横 (yuku)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 横 (yuku)
  • Yaeyama: 横 (yuku)
  • Yonaguni: 横 (dugu)