Where does “misoka” come from?

misoka (English) comes from Japanese みそか, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

misoka (English): In the Japanese lunar/lunisolar calendars, the last day of the month

Definitions

  1. In the Japanese lunar/lunisolar calendars, the last day of the month

Ancestry of “misoka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseみそかthe last day of a month
2Japanese日Sunday
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →