Where does “Nipponese” come from?

Nipponese (English) comes from English Nippon, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

Nipponese (English): Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese

Ancestry of “Nipponese”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNipponJapan
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 →