Where does “日向” come from?
日向 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 日向, from Japanese た, from Japanese たる, from Japanese たり, from Japanese と, from Old Japanese と, from Proto-Japonic tə, from Proto-Uralic tä — that.
Ancestry of “日向”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 日向 | the direction the sun is shining; a sunny spot or... |
| 2 | Japanese | た | indicates a past or completed action; indicates... |
| 3 | Japanese | たる | 垂 waterfall; 樽 barrel; 足る be enough |
| 4 | Japanese | たり | used to list actions or states, possibly implying the existence of other similar actions or states |
| 5 | Japanese | と | with; and; a particle following a phrase or... |
| 6 | Old Japanese | と | — |
| 7 | Proto-Japonic | tə | place |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | tä | that |