Where does “月ぬ光” come from?

月ぬ光 (Okinawan) comes from Okinawan 月, from Proto-Ryukyuan *tuki, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.

月ぬ光 (Okinawan): the moonlight

Definitions

  1. the moonlight

Ancestry of “月ぬ光”, step by step

月ぬ光 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Okinawan 月

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Okinawan月the moon
2Proto-Ryukyuan*tukimoon
3Proto-Japonictukuymoon
4Proto-Japonictuku—

via Okinawan ぬ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Okinawanぬgenitive case marker; nominative case marker
2Proto-Ryukyuannonominative and genitive case marker
3Proto-Japonicnəgenitive case marker
Every word from Proto-Japonic tuku →Every word from Proto-Japonic tukuy →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *tuki →