Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/simo

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *simo (“frost”).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: B

Noun

*simo

1. frost

Descendants

• 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)