Reconstruction:Goguryeo/首

This Goguryeo 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.

Goguryeo

Etymology

Possibly related to Middle Korean 쇼 (syo, “bovine”).

Noun

*首 (*sju or *sjo)

1. bovine
   • 1145, chapter 37, in 三國史記 [Samguk Sagi, History of the Three Kingdoms]:

     牛岑郡（一云牛嶺，一云首知衣）

     Cow Hill State (one calls this Cow Mountain; one calls this siu-tiyi), [...]

   • 1145, chapter 37, in 三國史記 [Samguk Sagi, History of the Three Kingdoms]:

     牛首州（首一作頭，一云首次若，一云烏根乃）

     Cow Head Province (that 首 means "head", one calls this siu-tsi-niek, one calls this u-kən-nə) [...]

   Synonym: *烏 (*u)