Where does “我ぬ” come from?

我ぬ (Yonaguni) comes from Proto-Ryukyuan *wa, from Proto-Japonic wa — I.

我ぬ (Yonaguni): we excluding the speaker

Definitions

  1. we excluding the speaker

Ancestry of “我ぬ”, step by step

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