Where does “宮古口” come from?

宮古口 (Miyako) comes from Miyako 宮古, from English Miyako, from Japanese 宮古島, from Japanese 島, from Middle Chinese 島.

宮古口 (Miyako): Miyako language

Definitions

  1. Miyako language

Ancestry of “宮古口”, step by step

宮古口 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Miyako 宮古

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Miyako宮古Miyako
2EnglishMiyakoA group of islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies a few hundred kilometres east of Taipei, Taiwan
3Japanese宮古島—
4Japanese島an island; one's domain, territory, turf
5Middle Chinese島—

via Okinawan 口

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Okinawan口mouth; language; dialect

via Okinawan 宮古

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Okinawan宮古Miyako
Every word from Middle Chinese 島 →Every word from Japanese 島 →Every word from Japanese 宮古島 →