Where does “ひさし” come from?

ひさし (Japanese) comes from Japanese 日, from Old Japanese 日, from Proto-Japonic *pi — day, sun.

ひさし (Japanese): eaves (of a roof)

Definitions

  1. eaves (of a roof)

Ancestry of “ひさし”, step by step

ひさし traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 日

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese日Sunday
2Old Japanese日the sun; sunlight, sunshine; daytime, daylight
3Proto-Japonic*piday, sun

via Japanese 差し

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese差しthe act of shining on something, such as sunlight

Words derived from “ひさし”

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