Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/sik-

This Proto-Ryukyuan 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-Ryukyuan

Etymology

From Proto-Japonic *sik- (“to lay out”).

Noun

*sik-

1. to spread out

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan: しき (shik-) (Omoro Sōshi, 1531)
  • Kunigami: 敷ちゅん (shichun, hichun)
  • Northern Amami Ōshima: 敷きゅり (shikyuri)
  • Okinawan: 敷ちゅん (shichun)
  • Yoron: 敷きゅん (shikyun)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 敷くぃ゚ (sïksï)
  • Yaeyama: 敷くん (sïkun)
  • Yonaguni: 敷ん (kkun)