Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sin-

This Proto-Japonic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Japonic

Etymology

There is some uncertainty about derivation.

  • This term might be a fusion of borrowed element *si from Old Chinese 死 (OC *hljiʔ) + native verb *inu (“to go away; to die”, reflected as Classical Japanese 去ぬ (inu)). In kanbun texts, the compound 死去 is attested as far back as 721.
  • Alternatively, this might be a purely native term, with the phonological and semantic overlap with Middle Chinese 死 (MC sijX) entirely accidental.

Verb

*sin- (infinitive *sini)

  1. to die

Descendants

  • Old Japanese: 死ぬ (sinu)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sini
    • Northern Ryukyuan:
      • Kikai: 死にゅい (shinyui)
      • Kunigami: 死ぬん (shinun)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: 死みゅり (shimyuri)
      • Okinawan: 死ぬん (shinun)
      • Okinoerabu: 死にゅん (shinyun)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: 死にゅむっ (shinyum)
      • Tokunoshima: 死み (sïmi)
      • Yoron: 死にゅん (shinyun)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: 死 (sun)
      • Yaeyama: 死ぬん (sïnun)
      • Yonaguni: 死ぬん (nnun)
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