1887
Volume 22, Issue 1
  • ISSN 0257-3784
  • E-ISSN: 2212-9731

Abstract

This article re-evaluated two pre-Old Korean appellations for Paekche kings, (於羅瑕) and (鞬吉支) from the (周書), and their proposed sound correspondences (オリコケ) and (コニキシ) from the (日本書紀). As a conclusion, (於羅) corresponded to a Paekchean loan in Western Old Japanese, derived from proto-Japonic *era- > WOJ [ira] ‘high esteem for man.’ - () parallelled to - () in official titles from Koguryŏ and Puyŏ. Similarly, () aligned with - () for the pre-OK ** ‘king, lord’ in Silla aristocratic titles. - () meaning ‘sir, lord’ shared variants such as - () ~ - (), linked to the pre-OK **ke > kje(j) > ki, and the phonograms - () ∼ - () ∼ -- (), - () for pre-OK **kej ∼ kəj. - (吉支) was a variant of - (吉之) ~ - (吉士) ~ - (吉師) as pre-OK **ki.si meaning “sir, lord” originated from the appellation for (箕子) in Puyŏ-type language.

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