Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/kərəsu

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

Etymology

May be an s-causative form of unattested *kəru (“to die”) (Thorpe 1983).

Verb

*kərəsu

to kill

Descendants

Old Japanese: 殺す (ko₂ro₂su)
- Japanese: 殺す (korosu)
Proto-Ryukyuan: *korosu
- Northern Ryukyuan:
  - Northern Amami-Oshima: 殺っすり (khussuri)
  - Okinawan: 殺すん (kurusun)
  - Toku-No-Shima: 殺っすん (kussun)
  - Yoron: 殺すん (hurusun)
- Southern Ryukyuan:
  - Miyako: 殺しぃ (kurusï)
  - Yaeyama: 殺すん (kurasun)
  - Yonaguni: 殺ん (kurun)