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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 1
Noun
*su
- nest
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 巣 (su)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *su
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kikai: 巣 (sū)
- Kunigami: 巣 (shī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 巣 (sï, shi)
- Okinawan: 巣 (shī)
- Okinoerabu: 巣 (shī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 巣 (sïï)
- Tokunoshima: 巣 (sïï)
- Yoron: 巣 (shī)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 巣 (sïï)
- Yaeyama: 巣 (sïï)
- Yonaguni: 巣 (chī)
Etymology 2
Perhaps a native Japanese term, with the su reading somehow related to the way that very sour things cause one to pucker.
Alternatively, may be a prehistoric borrowing from Middle Chinese 醋 (MC tshuH), borrowed earlier than the systematic introduction of kanji (vinegar was historically introduced to Japan in the 300-400s from China), and then later mistaken as a native Japanese term. Compare modern Mandarin 醋 (cù) or Cantonese 醋 (cou3).
Noun
*su
- vinegar
Descendants
- Old Japanese: 酢 (su)
- Proto-Ryukyuan: *su
- Northern Ryukyuan:
- Kunigami: 酢 (shī)
- Northern Amami Ōshima: 酢 (shi, sïï)
- Okinawan: 酢 (shī)
- Okinoerabu: 酢 (shī)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 酢 (sïï)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
- Miyako: 酢 (sïï)
- Yaeyama: 酢 (sïï)