Where does “Japans” come from?

Japans (Dutch) comes from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Japans (Dutch): Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese

Ancestry of “Japans”, step by step

Japans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Japan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchJapan—
2MalayJepangJapanese
3Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
4Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS—
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本 →Every word from Hokkien 日本 →Every word from Malay Jepang →