Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/sinu
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Proto-Japonic
editEtymology
editThere is some uncertainty about derivation.
- This term might be a fusion of borrowed element *si from Old Chinese 死 (OC *hljiʔ) + native verb *inu (“to go away; to die”, reflected as Classical Japanese 去ぬ (inu)). In kanbun texts, the compound 死去 is attested as far back as 721.
- Alternatively, this might be a purely native term, with the phonological and semantic overlap with Middle Chinese 死 (MC sijX) entirely accidental.
Verb
edit*sinu (infinitive *sini)
- to die