おしろ

Hachijō

Etymology

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *osiro. Cognate with Japanese 後ろ (ushiro).

Noun

おしろ (oshiro) 

1. back; behind; rear

Japanese

Etymology 1

Phrase

おしろ • (oshiro) 

1. 御城, お城: honorific form of 城 (shiro, “castle”)

Etymology 2

From non-central dialects of Old Japanese that haven't undergone the vowel rising <*o → u> for some reason, ultimately from Proto-Japonic *osiro.

Noun

おしろ • (oshiro) 

1. 後ろ: (now rare, Iwate, Kansai, Shikoku, Izumo, etc.) Alternative form of 後ろ (ushiro, “back, behind, rear”)