Where does “月” come from?

月 (Yaeyama) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *tuki, from Proto-Japonic tukuy, from Proto-Japonic tuku.

月 (Yaeyama): the moon

Definitions

  1. the moon

Ancestry of “月”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*tukimoon
2Proto-Japonictukuymoon
3Proto-Japonictuku—
Every word from Proto-Japonic tuku →Every word from Proto-Japonic tukuy →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *tuki →