Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sima

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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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Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, island) and Middle Korean (syem).[1]

May also be related to a cluster of verbs arising from root sim-, as in modern Japanese 閉める閉まる (shimeru - shimaru, to close, to close off [intransitive, transitive]). Compare Latin insula and Latin insulatus.

Noun

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*sima

  1. island
  2. land

Descendants

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  • Old Japanese: (sima)
    • Japanese: (shima)
  • Proto-Ryukyuan: *sima (island, land; community)
    • Northern Ryukyuan: 시마 (/⁠si.ma⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
      • Kikai: (shima)
      • Kunigami: (shimā)
      • Northern Amami Ōshima: (shima)
      • Okinawan: (shima)
      • Okinoerabu: (shima)
      • Southern Amami Ōshima: (shima)
      • Tokunoshima: (sïma)
      • Yoron: (shima)
    • Southern Ryukyuan:
      • Miyako: (sïma)
      • Yaeyama: (sïma)
      • Yonaguni: (chima)

References

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  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics[1], volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.