Where does “った” come from?

った (Yonaguni) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *sita, from Proto-Japonic sita — down.

った (Yonaguni): tongue

Definitions

  1. tongue

Ancestry of “った”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Ryukyuan*sitadown
2Proto-Japonicsitadown
Every word from Proto-Japonic sita →Every word from Proto-Ryukyuan *sita →
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