吉支

Baekje

Noun

吉支 (*kici) (Nihon shoki キシ)

ruler

Reconstruction notes

Attested as 吉支 in Book of Zhou, as part of a compound word. Attested both in isolation and in compounds as キシ in Nihon shoki.

Derived terms

鞬吉支 (*k(j)ə-n kici, “king (of Baekje)”)

Descendants

→ Old Korean:
- Middle Korean: 긔ᄌᆞ (kuyco, “king, (subordinate) ruler”)
→ Old Japanese: 吉士 (ki₁si, “envoy, diplomat”)

References

John Bentley (2000) “New Look at Paekche and Korean: Data from Nihon shoki”, in Language Research‎, volume 36, number 2, Seoul National University, pages 417—443

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