Where does “日本料理” come from?
日本料理 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 日本料理, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.
日本料理 (Chinese): Japanese food; Japanese cuisine
Definitions
- Japanese food; Japanese cuisine
Ancestry of “日本料理”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 日本料理 | Japanese foods, Japanese cuisine |
| 2 | Japanese | 日本 | {{l|en|Japan}}; Japan |
| 3 | Japanese | 日 | Sunday |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 日 | the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight |
| 5 | Proto-Japonic | *pi | day, sun |