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Where does “日本” come from?

日本 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi.

Ancestry of “日本”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2Japanese日Short for 日曜日 : Sunday; the sun; sunlight,...
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*pi—

Words derived from “日本”

  • Japanese
  • Japan
  • Jap
  • japan
  • jap
  • japanning
  • Japanism
  • japanner
  • Japanesque
  • Japanology
  • Japanologist
  • Japanize
  • Japanophile
  • Japanification
  • antijapanese
  • Japanological
  • japannish
  • Japland
  • japannery
  • non-Japanese
  • Japscat
  • japanware
  • Sino-Japanese
  • Russo-Japanese
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