Japanese etymology : Query result

Proto-Japanese: *símìas-

Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology

Meaning: to show

Russian meaning: показывать

Old Japanese: simjes-

Middle Japanese: símès-

Tokyo: shimés-, shìmes-

Kyoto: shímés-

Kagoshima: shimés-

Comments: JLTT 751. The accent in RJ and PJ is exceptional, showing that the word is treated as a compound *sí- 'make' + *mi-as- 'show, cause to see'. One may suppose that original *sìmà-s- (causative from the attested *sìmà-, OJ sìmà-, Tokyo shimé- "mark, mark out as one's territory") was restructured under the influence of *mì-as- 'show'.