Where does “Nippon” come from?

Nippon is the English exonym for Japan, derived from Japanese にっぽん, whose ultimate origin and meaning remain uncertain.

Nippon (English): Japan

Definitions

  1. Japan

Ancestry of “Nippon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2Japanese日Sunday
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

Words derived from “Nippon”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →
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