Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/yoki

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

Noun

*yoki

(precipitation) hail
snow

Descendants

Eastern Old Japanese: 与伎 (yo₂ki₁, “snow”) (probably a misspelling of an original yo₁ki₁, given the Western/modern reflexes)
Old Japanese: 雪 (yuki₁, “snow”)
- Japanese: 雪 (yuki)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *yoki
- Northern Ryukyuan: 유기 (yuki) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
  - Kunigami: 雪 (yuchī)
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 雪 (yuki)
  - Okinawan: 雪 (yuchi)
  - Southern Amami-Oshima: 雪 (yuk)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 雪 (yuksï)
  - Yonaguni: 雪 (duti)