Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sirosi

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

Likely related to *siru (“to know”).

Noun

*sirosi

Infinitive and nominal form of *sirosu
1. mark, sign

Descendants

Old Japanese: 印 (sirusi)
- Japanese: 印 (shirushi)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *sirosi
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Kikai: 印 (shirushi)
  - Kunigami: 印 (shirūshi)
  - Northern Amami Ōshima: 印 (shirushi)
  - Okinawan: 印 (shirushi)
  - Okinoerabu: 印 (shirushi)
  - Southern Amami Ōshima: 印 (shiryushi, shiryush)
  - Tokunoshima: 印 (shirushi)
  - Yoron: 印 (shirushi)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 印 (sïrusï)
  - Yaeyama: 印 (shirusï)
  - Yonaguni: 印 (chiruchi)