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
Etymology
Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Middle Korean 셤 (syem).
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 ”). Compare Latin insula and Latin insulatus.
Noun
*sima
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 島 (sima)
- Japanese: 島 (shima)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *sima (“island, land; community”)
- Northern Ryukyuan: 시마 (/si.ma/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
References
- ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics, volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, , pages 222-240.