Where does “Japán-tenger” come from?

Japán-tenger (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian japán, from German Japan, from Dutch Japan, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Japán-tenger (Hungarian): Sea of Japan

Definitions

  1. Sea of Japan

Ancestry of “Japán-tenger”, step by step

Japán-tenger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hungarian japán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1HungarianjapánJapanese
2GermanJapan—
3DutchJapan—
4MalayJepangJapanese
5Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
6Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun

via Hungarian tenger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungariantengersea
2Proto-Turkicteŋiŕsea
3Old Turkicteŋequivalent, balanced; equal, equivalent,...
4Middle Chinese等—
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