吉支

Baekje

Noun

吉支 (*kici) (Nihon shoki キシ)

1. ruler

Reconstruction notes

Attested as 吉支 in Book of Zhou, as part of a compound word. Attested both in isolation and in compounds as キシ in Nihon shoki.

Derived terms

• 鞬吉支 (*k(j)ə-n kici, “king (of Baekje)”)

Descendants

• → Old Korean:
  • Middle Korean: 긔ᄌᆞ (kuyco, “king, (subordinate) ruler”)
• → Old Japanese: 吉士 (ki₁si, “envoy, diplomat”)

References

• John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research‎^[1], volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443