Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sinu

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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

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Etymology

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There is some uncertainty about derivation.

  • This term might be a fusion of borrowed element *si from Old Chinese (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 (MC sijX) entirely accidental.

Verb

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*sinu (infinitive *sini)

  1. to die

Descendants

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