Reconstruction:Proto-Japonic/Osi

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

Noun

*Osi

1. cattle
   1. cow
   2. ox

Descendants

• Old Japanese: 牛 (usi)
  • Japanese: 牛 (ushi)
• Proto-Ryukyuan: *Osi
  • Northern Ryukyuan: 우시 (/⁠usi⁠/) (Haytong Ceykwukki, 1501)
    • Kikai: 牛 (ushi)
    • Kunigami: 牛 (fushī)
    • Northern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (ushi)
    • Okinawan: 牛 (ushi)
    • Oki-No-Erabu: 牛 (ushī)
    • Southern Amami-Oshima: 牛 (us)
    • Toku-No-Shima: 牛 (usï)
    • Yoron: 牛 (ushi)
  • Southern Ryukyuan: *usi (Robbeets, 2021)
    • Miyako: 牛 (usï)
    • Yaeyama: 牛 (usï)
    • Yonaguni: 牛 (uchi)