Where does “べー” come from?

べー (Yaeyama) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *wa, from Proto-Japonic wa — I.

べー (Yaeyama): first-person plural pronoun: we

Definitions

  1. first-person plural pronoun: we

Ancestry of “べー”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*wawe
2Proto-JaponicwaI
Every word from Proto-Japonic wa →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *wa →