Where does “新ーさん” come from?

新ーさん (Okinawan) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *mii-, from Proto-Japonic *nipi- — new.

新ーさん (Okinawan): new

Definitions

  1. new

Ancestry of “新ーさん”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*mii-new
2Proto-Japonic*nipi-new
Every word from Proto-Japonic *nipi- →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *mii- →