Where does “いゆん” come from?

いゆん (Yonaguni) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *ii, from Proto-Japonic ipu.

いゆん (Yonaguni): to scold

Definitions

  1. to scold

Ancestry of “いゆん”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*iito say
2Proto-Japonicipu—
Every word from Proto-Japonic ipu →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *ii →