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:
    • Kikai: 下 (shimu)
    • Kunigami: 下 (shimū, “bottom; kitchen; vulva”)
    • ⇒ Northern Amami Ōshima: 下方 (Shimohō, administrative name given to three magiri)
    • Okinawan: 下 (shimu, “bottom; kitchen”)
    • Okinoerabu: 下 (shimu)
    • Tokunoshima: 下 (sïmu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 下 (sïmu)
    • Yaeyama: 下 (sïmu)