Where does “niponano” come from?

niponano (Esperanto) comes from Maori Nipono, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

niponano (Esperanto): a citizen of Japan

Definitions

  1. a citizen of Japan

Ancestry of “niponano”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1MaoriNipono—
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 →