Where does “Hitachi” come from?

Hitachi is a Japanese company name written 日立, composed of the characters for "sun" (日) and "stand" (立).

Hitachi (English): a Japanese company and brand name

Definitions

  1. a Japanese company and brand name

Ancestry of “Hitachi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日立growth as the days pass; physical recovery day by...
2Japanese肥立つto grow up, day by day
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 →
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