Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/simo

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

Speculatively, compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰimás (“cold, frost; winter”) and Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéyōm (“frost, snow; winter”).

Noun

*simo

1. frost

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 霜 (si₁mo)
  • Japanese: 霜 (shimo)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *simo
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 失莫 (shimo) (Liúqiú guăn yìyŭ, 1469–1470)
    • Kikai: 霜 (shimu)
    • Kunigami: 霜 (shimū)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 霜 (shimo)
    • Okinawan: 霜 (shimu)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 霜 (shimu, shimū)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 霜 (shimu)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 霜 (shimu)
    • Yoron: 霜 (shimu)