Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kumo

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 an ancient nativized borrowing from Old Chinese 雲 (*ɢun). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

*kumo

cloud

Descendants

Old Japanese: 雲 (kumo₁)
- Japanese: 雲 (kumo)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *kumo
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 雲 (kumu)
  - Kunigami: 雲 (kumū)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (komo, kumo)
  - Okinawan: 雲 (kumu)
  - Okinoerabu: 雲 (kumu, kumū)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 雲 (kumo, kumu)
  - Tokunoshima: 雲 (kumu)
  - Yoron: 雲 (kumu)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 雲 (fumu)
  - Yaeyama: 雲 (fumu)
  - Yonaguni: 雲 (nmu)