Where does “日本橋” come from?

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

日本橋 (Chinese): Nihonbashi

Definitions

  1. Nihonbashi

Ancestry of “日本橋”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本橋Nihonbashi, surrounding a famous bridge of the same name
2Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
3Japanese日Sunday
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*piday, sun
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →