Reconstruction:Proto-Ryukyuan/osiro

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 *usirə (“back, behind”).

Noun

*osiro

1. back, behind

Descendants

• Northern Ryukyuan:
  • Kikai: 後す (ussu)
  • Northern Amami-Oshima: 後ろ (ushiro)
  • Okinawan: 後る (ushiru)
  • Oki-No-Erabu: 後ゅー (ushū)
  • Southern Amami-Oshima: 後りょ (ushryo)
  • Yoron: 後すー (ussū)
• Southern Ryukyuan:
  • Miyako: 後す (ussu)
  • Yaeyama: 後そん (uson) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))
  • Yonaguni: 後か゚い (usungai) (< *usirogami (“occiput”))