Where does “nippo-” come from?

nippo- (Italian) comes from Japanese 日本, from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

nippo- (Italian): Nippo-

Definitions

  1. Nippo-

Ancestry of “nippo-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
2Japanese日Sunday
3Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
4Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

Words derived from “nippo-”

Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →
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