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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.
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Proto-Japonic
Etymology
Likely related to *siru (“to know”).
Noun
*sirosi
- infinitive and nominal form of *sirosu
- mark, sign
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 印 (sirusi)
- 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)