Where does “Japonia” come from?

Japonia (English) comes from New Latin Japonia, from Chinese 日本, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

Japonia (English): Japan

Definitions

  1. Japan

Ancestry of “Japonia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New LatinJaponia—
2Chinese日本—
3Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
4Japanese日Sunday
5Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
6Proto-Japonic*piday, sun
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →