Where does “יפני” come from?

יפני (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew יפן, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

יפני (Hebrew): Japanese: of or pertaining to Japan or the Japanese

Definitions

  1. Japanese: of or pertaining to Japan or the Japanese

Ancestry of “יפני”, step by step

יפני traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew יפן

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewיפן—
2DutchJapan—
3MalayJepangJapanese
4Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
5Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Hebrew י

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewיten; {{n-g|one of the letters of the...
2Hebrewיָדhand
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