Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yamatə

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

Possibly a compound with the first member being *yama (“forest; mountain”).

Proper noun

*yamatə

Yamato

Descendants

Old Japanese: 大和 (yamato₂)
- Japanese: 大和 (yamato)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yamato
- Northern Ryukyuan: 야마도 (yamato) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kikai: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Kunigami: 大和 (yamatū)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 大和 (yamaθo)
  - Okinawan: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Oki-No-Erabu: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Yoron: 大和 (yamatu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Yaeyama: 大和 (yamatu)
  - Yonaguni: 大和 (damatu)