Where does “ngii” come from?

ngii (Gilbertese) comes from Proto-Oceanic nipon, from French Nippon, from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

ngii (Gilbertese): tooth

Definitions

  1. tooth

Ancestry of “ngii”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Oceanicnipon—
2FrenchNipponA Japanese man, a male inhabitant of Japan
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 →