Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kimo

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

Noun

*kimo

1. innards; internal organs

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 肝 (ki₁mo₁)
  • Japanese: 肝 (kimo, “liver”)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *kimo (“heart; liver”)
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 기모 (/ki.mo/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 肝 (kimu, chimu)
    • Kunigami: 肝 (chimū)
    • Northern Amami Ōshima: 肝 (kimo)
    • Okinawan: 肝 (chimu)
    • Okinoerabu: 肝 (chimu)
    • Southern Amami Ōshima: 肝 (kimo)
    • Tokunoshima: 肝 (kimu)
    • Yoron: 肝 (kimu)
  • Southern Ryukyuan:
    • Miyako: 肝 (ksïmu)
    • Yaeyama: 肝 (ksïmu)
    • → Yonaguni: 肝 (chimu)