Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/
kusori
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
*kusori
medicine
Descendants
Old Japanese:
薬
(
kusuri
)
Japanese:
薬
(
kusuri
)
→
Ainu:
クスリ
(
kusuri
,
“
hot springs; medicine
”
)
Proto-Ryukyuan:
*kusori
Northern Ryukyuan:
Kikai:
薬
(
kusui
)
Kunigami:
薬
(
khusui
)
Northern Amami Ōshima:
薬
(
kusuri, xusuri
)
Okinawan:
薬
(
kusui
)
Okinoerabu:
薬
(
kusui, kusuī
)
Southern Amami Ōshima:
薬
(
xusur
)
Tokunoshima:
薬
(
kusïri, kushuri, kushuï
)
Yoron:
薬
(
kusui
)
Southern Ryukyuan:
Miyako:
薬
(
fusūz
)
Yaeyama:
薬
(
fushirï
)
(<
*kuseri
)
Yonaguni:
薬
(
tsuri
)