Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/wataru

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 from a root *wat- (“moving across”).

Verb

*wataru (infinitive *watari)

1. to go across

Related terms

• *watasu (“to send across”, transitive)

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 渡る (wataru)
  • Japanese: 渡る (wataru)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *watari
  • Northern Ryukyuan:
    • Kunigami: 渡－るん (wathārun)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 渡るり (waθaruri)
    • Okinawan: 渡ゆん (watayun)
    • Yoron: 渡ゆん (watayun)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 渡ㇲ゙ (bataz)
    • Yaeyama: 渡るん (badarun)