Where does “nippofilia” come from?

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

nippofilia (Italian): Japanophilia

Definitions

  1. Japanophilia

Ancestry of “nippofilia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiannippo-Nippo-
2Japanese日本{{l|en|Japan}}; Japan
3Japanese日Sunday
4Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
5Proto-Japonic*piday, sun
Every word from Proto-Japonic *pi →Every word from Old Japanese 日 →Every word from Japanese 日 →