Where does “Schapong” come from?

Schapong (Hunsrik) comes from Portuguese Japão, from Malay Jepang, from Hokkien 日本, from Middle Chinese 日本 — Land of the Rising Sun.

Ancestry of “Schapong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseJapãoJapanese
2MalayJepangJapanese
3Hokkien日本Japan; Japanese; Japan
4Middle Chinese日本Land of the Rising Sun
Every word from Middle Chinese 日本Every word from Hokkien 日本Every word from Malay Jepang
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