Where does “尋日” come from?

尋日 (Chinese) comes from Chinese 日, from Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k).

尋日 (Chinese): yesterday

Definitions

  1. yesterday

Ancestry of “尋日”, step by step

尋日 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese日the sun; day
2Sino-Tibetan*ku-ni(k)—

via Chinese 尋

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese尋—

Words derived from “尋日”

Every word from Sino-Tibetan *ku-ni(k) →Every word from Chinese 日 →